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pr -s l t MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 19, 1979 - A special meeting of the City Council was held June 19, 1979 at 3:45 P.M. La mar County Commissioners Court Room, Lamar County Courthouse. Mayor Malone called the meeting to order with the following Councilmen present: Billy Joe Burnett, Ron Kyle and Jim Farris. Also present were City Manager, Robert W. Sokoll, City Attorney, T. K. Haynes, and City Clerk H. C. Greene. Also present were County Judge, Brady Fis::!r, County Commissioners, Wheeler, Buster, Sparks, and Childers. The Mayor stated that the meeting was called for the purpose of discussion of cooperative health servies between the City and County, that the City would like to reach some agreement on health and ambulance services. Councilman Williams entered the meeting. Discussion was had by Judge Brady Fisher on a subscription system for ambulance service. Councilman Fisher entered the meeting. Judge Fisher announced that he and the Commissioners Court would like to participate in bids to be received on June 27th. Mayor Malone requested Director of Finance Greene to explain an idea of a health district for the purpose of financing the Health Unit and Ambulance Sergi -ice. Green recommended that the idea of a County wide health district be studied for the purpose of providing financing for health service and that taxing authority be granted the district. Greene stated that probably the Legistature would have to authorize a state wide election to form the district authority. Mayor Malone posed the question to the Commissioners Court if they would be interested in a joint Resolution on the health district idea. The Commissioners Court indicated that they would be, but did not take a vote on the matter. Mayor Malone posed the question of a joint Resolution to the Commissioners Court to support the Health Unit on a 50 -50 basis. The consensus was from the Commissioners Court without vote that they were not interested. in such a Resolution. Mayor Malone posed a question to the Commissioners Court that a joint Resolution be adopted financing the amublance service on a 50 -50 basis. The Commissioners Court indicated without vote that they were not interested in the Resolution. Mayor Malone advised the Commissioners Court and Councilmen present that bids would be taken on ambulance service at 10:00 A. M. June 27th, City Council room and invited all to participate, and that the bids would be referred to the City Council at 5:15 P. M. in the City Council Room for study and action. The Commissioners Court adjourned their meeting and departed the Commissioners Court Room. Mayor Malone advised the Council that business would be continued from the meeting recessed on the evening of June 18, 1979.