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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL March 15, 1978 A Special Meeting of the City Council was held on Wednesday, March 15, 1978 at 5:15 P.M. with the following Councilmen present: Mayor James M. Brunette; George Fisher, Jr., Michael Malone, Jimmy Don Stone, Walter F. Williams and Raymond Wunsch. The meeting wag held jointly with the Lamar County Commissioner's Court with the following Commissioners present: Judge Lester Crutchfield, Gene Buster, Bud Peace and Jimmy Sparks. City Staff present were City Manager H. C. Greene, City Attorney T. K. Haynes and Acting City Clerk, Joe N. McCollum. Mayor Brunette called the meeting to order and declared the Council in.session. Judge Crutchfield declared the Commissioner's Court in session. Mayor Brunette declared the Public Hearing open to coilsidet an Addendum to the Ambulance Service Contract. He stated Cass Ambulance Service, present contractor, proposed to assign the contract to L. P. Mctuiaton Regional Medical Center for the remaining time period on the contradt. City Attorney Haynes read the proposed Addendum to the contract. Mayor Brunette called for comments or questions from the audience. Loraina Blackburn questioned the new name of the service. Lewis Robertson, Adminis- trator of McCuistion Hospital and Thomas Steeley, of the St. Joseph's Hospital Board responded to the question saying it would be referred to as "Ambulance Service." Jerry Edwards asked if new bids would be received for the service when the current contract expires. City Attorney Haynes answered this in the affirmative. Chester Flenniken asked if emergency service would be provided from Paris to another town if a person were unable to pay. City Attorney Haynes replied that the contract states this service would be provided. Judge Crutchfield stated he would like to see wording in the contract that would require a licensed funeral home to pick up dead bodies from either hospital and not allow the ambulance service to transport any dead bodies. This was discussed at length and it was agreed to insert wording in the contract to exclude the ambulance service from transporting dead bodies. Councilman Fisher questioned the management of the service. Lewis Robertson responded saying the L. P. McCuistion Community Ambulance Service would be the contractor and he, as administrator, would manage the service. Charles and. Mike Cass would be department heads of the hospital and perform the service. Councilman Malone questioned Cass Ambulance Service right to sell or transfer the equipment to the hospital as public funds had been used to partially pay for it. Mr. Robertson responded saying the subsidy from the City and County is applied to operating cost and there is non left over for capital expenditures. Councilman Fisher asked Mr.- Steeley if there were conflicts between the two hospitals over the service. Mr. Steeley replied that under the circumstances he felt this was a satisfactory arrangement. City Attorney Haynes read the addition to the contract requested by Judge Crutchfield. Mayor Brunette declared the public:hearing closed and called for the reading of the Resolution. Resolution No. 1856 authorizing the assigtment of the ambulance service contract from Cass Ambulance Service to L. P. McCuistion Community Ambulance Service was presented.