2000-384 ORDINANCE NO ~
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN 1NTERLOCAL AMBULANCE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE CITY OF SANGER FOR AMBULANCE
SERVICES, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 That the City Council of the City of Denton hereby approves an Interlocal
Agreement for Ambulance Service between the City of Denton and the City of Sanger, a copy of
which ts attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, and the Mayor, or in her absence
the Mayor Pro Tem, ts hereby anthonzed to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City
~ That this orthnance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED thls the /fl~x dayof_ O~O6~.r ,2000
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE
BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND
THE CITY OF SANGER
The City of Denton currently provides emergency medical services to the citizens of
Denton The City of Sanger would like to contract with the City of Denton to receive emergency
medical services for its citizens Pursuant to Chapter 774 of the Tex Health and Safety Code
(Vernon 1992) and the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Tex Gov't Code Ann §791 001, et seq,
(Vernon 1994), a city may contract to provide emergency medical services to the county or another
city
WHEREAS, both the City of Denton and the City of Sanger have the anthonty to perform
the services set forth ua flus Agreement ~nd~v~dually and in accordance with Tex Gov't Code Ann
§791 01 l(c)(2), and
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger will make all payments for serwces out of available current
revenues and the City of Denton agrees that the payments made by the C~ty of Sanger hereunder
will fairly compensate it for the services performed, NOW, THEREFORE,
WITNESSETH
Th~s Agreement is made on the /~7~_ day of ~., 2000, between the
City of Denton, Texas ("Denton"), and the City of Sanger ("Sanger")
The par~les agree as follows
1. Deflmtions Erect?ney Medical ,qerv~ees or E.M.,% means personnel and ground
transportatton velueles used to respond to an individual's perceived need for immediate medical
care and to prevent death or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury
2. Denton to Provide EMS to Sanger. Denton shall provide emergency meA~cal
services to Sanger m response to requests for emergency mechcal services m accordance with th~s
Agreement All requests for emergency medical serwces for persons residing ua the corporate
hnnts of Sanger shall be commumcated to Denton m the manner specified by Denton
3. Discretion in Providuag E M S Sanger understands that Denton must also
respond to requests for euaergency medical services for persons in Denton and that Denton has
other contracts to provide emergency medteal services to other ent~tles Denton shall have the sole
right and chscret~on, without being m breach of this Agreement and without habfl~ty to Sanger, to
determine
(a) Whether or not to respond to a request for medical emergency service,
(b) Whether and when personnel or equipment are avadable to respond to a request
for emergency medical service,
(c) The order is which to respond to a request for emergency methcal service, and
(d) The t~me m wluch to respond to a request for emergency medical service
4. Service Fee In consideration for provlchng emergency medical services to Sanger,
Sanger agrees to pay to Denton the sum of $53,000 for fiscal year 2000-2001 based on a population
of 5,300 multiplied by $10 00 The population figure used ~s contmned in the latest edition of the
North Central Texas Cotmcd of Governments estimate for January 1, 2000 The annual payment
shall be prod to Denton in equal quarterly payments on or before October 1, January 1, Apnl 1, and
July 1, of each annual term Denton may, after giving prior notice, suspend serrate to Sanger
dunng any period of ttme Sanger is delmquent ~n the payment of any undisputed service fee
5. Patient Charges In addmon to the servme fee pa~d by Sanger, Denton may charge and
collect from persons provided emergency medical services, the patient fees established by ordi-
nance of Denton
6. Governmental Immunity Not Waived Neither Denton nor Sanger waives, nor shall
be de~ed hereby to wmve, any immunity or defense that would othe~vise be avmlable to it agmnst
claims made or ansmg from any act or omlss~on resulting from this Agreement
7. Term The term of ttus Agreement shall be in one-year increments, begmmng on
October 1, 2000 and continuing to S~tcmaber 30 of the following year and thereafter from year to
year until terminated m accordance with ttus Agreement
8. TermlnaUon; Default Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time w~thout
cause bY g~vmg 90 days advance not, ce m wntmg to the other, specifying the date of termination
If either party breaches a pmmslon of this Agreement, the other party shall give the defaulting party
written notice of the default Should the defaulting party fall to correct the default within tturty
days of the date nottce of default ~s sent, the other party may declare the Agreement terminated
Sanger shall be hable to Denton pro rata for the payment of emergency mechcal services promded
up to the date of termmatlon
9. Notices All notxces sent under this Agreement shall be mmled, postage prepmd, to the
respective addresses, as follows
To l~nton
C~ty Manager
C~ty of Denton
215 E MeKdnney
Denton, Texas 76201
Tn ganger
Mayor
C~ty of Sanger
P O Box 1729
Sanger, Texas 76266
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10. Agreement Not for Benefit of Third Part,es This Agreement is not intended and
shall not ~e construed to be for the benefit of any individual or create any duty on Denton to any
third part~
11. Assignment Neither party shall asslgtl this Agreement except upon the prior written
consent of the other
12. Venue. Venue of any stat or cause of action under th~s Agreement shall he exclusively
m Denton County, Texas This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Texas
EXECUTED on the [q~/~ day of (~F_A.~ ,2000
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF SANGER
BY
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ATTEST'
SECRETARY
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