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<br /> <br /> <br /> CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br /> <br /> Submittal Date: Originating Department: Presented By: Agenda Item No.: <br /> 10/12/10 <br /> Council Date: Fire Department Ronnie Grooms, Fire Chief 26. <br /> 10/25/10 <br /> RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br /> Move to approve a Resolution authorizing a service agreement with Revenue Rescue, Inc. for professional billing <br /> collection services at a rate of 20 percent of all monies collected; and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate <br /> and execute all necessary documents. <br /> POLICY ISSUES): <br /> Fiscal <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Paris Fire Department provides both emergency and non-emergency response within the service <br /> area of the City of Paris and Lamar County. Increased costs associated with providing that service, <br /> coupled with lean economic support, has strained our ability to properly sustain our services and <br /> maintain and/or replace apparatus and equipment. Many fire departments have opted to assess a fee for <br /> services (for those services which meet predetermined criteria) and do so by entering into a contract or <br /> agreement with a third-party billing and revenue recovery agency. Simply stated, the Fire Department <br /> identifies those responses which meet the criteria for billing, forwards the pertinent information to the <br /> billing agency, and the agency then pursues billing of the associated insurance companies. The end <br /> result being a reimbursement check forwarded to the City of Paris for FD services rendered. Only <br /> insured non-residents would be assessed fee for vehicle fires, vehicle accidents, hazardous material <br /> spills or releases, and low-water crossing rescues and attempted rescues. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br /> N/A <br /> EXHIBITS: <br /> Ordinance <br /> ACTION: BUDGET INFO: <br /> ❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order Expense <br /> ❑ Department Report ® Resolution Budgeted Amt. <br /> ❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance YTD Actual <br /> ❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other Acct. Name <br /> Acct. Number <br /> <br /> FISCAL NOTES: <br /> Revenue of $15,000 is budgeted in 01-7425-00-00 for FY 2010-2011. <br /> REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br /> ® Administration ® City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ® Finance ®Fire <br /> <br /> ❑ Municipal Court ® Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br /> <br /> City of Paris Revised 2/04/08 <br /> 0267 <br />