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City Council Meeting March 11, 2002 Page 3 run up into her backyard. Mayor Pfiester referred the problem to the City Engineer. City Manager Malone presented and read the ordinance adopting the Official City Limits Map for the City of Paris. ORDINANCE NO. 2002-013 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCII, OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING AN OFFICIAL CITY LIMITS MAP; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES 1N CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WAS PRESENTED. A motion was made to approve the ordinance by Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Manning. The motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. Introducing the next item, City Manager Malone related that the Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997 required a reduction in the amount of money to be spent by the Medicare program. The plan for reimbursement to ambulance services was finalized and published in the Federal Register on February 27, 2002, with the new fee becoming effective on April 1, 2002. They will phase in the new schedule at 20 % a year for the neat five years and will use a blend of current payment policy along with the new payment rules. Since the Paris EMS has provided an Advanced Life Support (ALS) level of service to the citizens of Lamar County and Paris since 1982, an ordinance recognizing this long-standing level of inedical care will also provide for the continuation of this high level of inedical care in the future to the citizens of Paris and Lamar County and will ensure the maYimum reimbursement for that care. If the Council chooses not to adopt this ordinance, then the Paris EMS will be reimbursed at the Basic Life Support (BLS) level which would result in an estimated loss of $50,000 annually.