1986-072-RES WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has been requested to provide the emergency ambulance
RESOLUTION NO. 86-072
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has been
requested to provide the emergency ambulance service to that
area of Lamar County outside the city limits of the City of
Paris, by the Commissioners Court of Lamar County, Texas;
and,
WHEREAS, the form of contract to provide such service
is attached hereto as Exhibit A; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, that emergency ambulance service be extended to that
area of Lamar County outside the city limits of the City of
Paris, upon the terms and conditions stated in the contract
attached hereto as Exhibit A, and that the Mayor of the City
of Paris, Billy Joe Burnett, be, and he is hereby authorized
and directed to execute on behalf of the City of Paris the
ambulance service contract with the Commissioners Court of
Lamar County, Texas, in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.
Passed and adopted this 14th day of July, 1986.
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B~ y J urnett, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Matt~e Cunning am, ~ty er
ity Attorney
AMBULANCE SERVICE CONTRACT
STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF LAMAR ~
This contract made and entered into this the 14th day
of July, 1986, by and between the CITY OF PARIS, Paris,
Texas, a body politic, acting by and through its Mayor, duly
authorized, hereinafter called City; and the COUNTY OF
LAMAR, State of Texas, acting by and through its County
Judge, duly authorized, hereinafter called County; hereby
contract and agree as follows:
1. City covenants and agrees that it will furnish and
provide adequate ambulance service and related emergency
service to all persons within the County of Lamar, without
regard to race, color, sex or national origin.
2. City covenants 'and agrees that it will comply with
all safety requirements of the law pertaining to the
furnishing of ambulance service and that all vehicles used
as ambulances will be distinctly marked and colored as
required by State law and City ordinances. The ambulance
service shall be referred to as "CITY OF PARIS AMBULANCE
SERVICE" and the vehicles used in providing said service
shall bear the City of Paris decal with the additional
words, "serving PARIS and LAMAR COUNTY."
3. City agrees that ambulance attendants will be
certified by the Texas State Department of Health under the
terms of the Emergency Ambulance Act; that each emergency
ambulance shall have the services of a driver and attendant,
one of whom has satisfactorily completed the Red Cross
Advanced First-Aid Course or certified by State of Texas as
ambulances must have a valid State of Texas Chauffeur's
License, with one attendant on each ambulance being EMT
certified by the State Board of Health and Special Skills
certified in airway management, intravenous therapy, and
mast trousers.
4. Ci ty agrees to provide State of Texas Certified
EMT Course, and to possess an in-service training program
agreement with one or both of the local hospitals.
5. City agrees that each vehicle used as an ambulance
shall be equipped with a two-way radio which transmits and
receives on frequencies designated by the FCC, and the radio
communications to and from said ambulances, and the central
dispatch emergency vehicles, in coordination with and by the
knowledge of the Lamar County Sheriff's Office and the Paris
Police Department, and McCuistion and St. Joseph Hospitals,
each hospital furnishing its own radio equipment which must
meet all requirements for the State Medical Services Commu-
nication System attached hereto as Exhibit A.
6. City agrees that all vehicles used for emergency
service will meet or exceed Amendment -1 of Fed. Spec.
KKK-A-1822 attached hereto as Exhibit B, and meet the
minimal equipment listed on Exhibit C attached hereto, and
that all ambulances and accessory equipment shall be subject
to inspection by designated representative of the County,
and if at any time same are not in compliance with the
provisions hereof, or if any ambulance is in need of mechan-
ical repairs in order to insure its satisfactory operation,
the said vehicle must be removed from service.
7. City agrees that it will answer all emergency
calls within the limits of the City and County, and that no
(a) To the hospital that victim, his personal physi-
cian or next of kin so designate, or
(b) To the nearest hospital from the accident site of
the victim when his personal physician or next of
kin cannot respond to the ambulance director's
inquiry.
8. City agrees that at all times during the effective
period of this contract to have procured and kept in force
and effect policy or policies of public liability insurance
covering each motor vehicle operated under this contract in
the minimum amounts of $100,000.00 for bodily injury or
death to anyone person and $300,000.00 for all persons
injured in anyone accident or occasion and $100,000.00 for
property damages arising out of anyone accident or
occasion.
9. City agrees to furnish the County Judge, Lamar
County, an annual operating statement relating to revenues,
expenses, call statistics, and the status of delinquent and
uncollectable accounts, and that all non-medical records of
the services rendered under this contract, and training and
certification records of all employees, be available for
inspection and review by such County Judge or his designated
representatives, and to furnish a monthly report in the form
of Exhibit D attached hereto.
10. City agrees to operate the ambulance operation in
accordance with the requirements of State law and applicable
requirements of City and County as may be in effect.
11. City agrees that it will have a minimum of two (2)
ambulances which meet the ambulance and equipment
requirements as set out in Paragraph 6 above, manned with a
outside the County will be made at the prerogative of the
City; that ambulance service form points outside the County
to any destination shall be made at the prerogative of City
and shall not be covered by this contract.
13. The County agrees to pay to the City forty per
cent (40%) of the actual, cost of providing emergency and
transfer ambulance service, to be computed through the last
day of this contract on a cash basis, with the County making
monthly payments of $13,946.00 monthly towards the estimated
12 month term cost of $167,352.52. The first of said
monthly payments to be made on the 1st day of October, 1986,
with a like payment being made on the first day of each
month thereafter.
14. This agreement shall be effective and the term
thereof shall commence on the 1st day of October, 1986, and
shall expire on the 30th day of September, 1987.
15. It is further understood and agreed that neither
the County nor any of its agents, servants or employees
shall be considered to be in the business of providing
ambulance service, and the relationship between the parties
shall not be considered to be that of a partnership or joint
venture, and that the status of the City shall be that of an
independent contractor providing services to the County and
its inhabitants in exchange for the payment of amounts
herein set forth.
16. It is mutually understood and agreed between the
parties that the payments made by the County to City shall
in no way affect the right of City to collect the charges
hereinafter set out in Paragraph 17 from persons for ambu-
lance service rendered, and it is expressly understood and
5.
6.
17. It is understood and agreed that charges for
services rendered under the scope of this contract within
the limits of the City and County shall be per patient, per
call, as follows:
The following rates are established for ambulance
service for Lamar County residents:
1.
$60.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pick
up to point of delivery
EMERGENCY SERVICE
within Lamar County
2.
$60.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pickup
to point of delivery
EMERGENCY TRANSFER SERVICE
to a point outside the
City of Paris within a 125
mile radius
3.
$50.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pickup
to point of delivery
$80.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pick
up to point of delivery
and for return to point
of origin inside City of
Paris
TRANSFER SERVICE
within Lamar County
4 .
PERSONAL PREFERENCE
TRANSFER SERVICE
to a point outside City
of Paris beyond a 125
mile radius
IN HOUSE TRANSFER
$45.00 from hospital to
treatment facility and
return to hospital
REQUESTED SERVICE
not used
$25.00
The following rates are established for ambulance
service for non residents of Lamar County:
$60.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pick
up to point of delivery
$80.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pick
up to point of delivery
and return to point of
origin inside City of
Paris
7. EMERGENCY SERVICE
within Lamar County
8. EMERGENCY TRANSFER
SERVICE to a point
outside the City of Paris
within 125 mile radius
$50.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pick
up to p,oint of delivery
$80.00 plus $1.75 per
mile from point of pick
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9. TRANSFER SERVICE
within Lamar County
10. PERSONAL PREFERENCE
TRANSFER SERVICE
t-n ~ nn;nt- n'1rcirlo rit-v
A usual, reasonable, and customary charge for medical
supplies and service used or required in connection with
emergency and non-emergency transfer service shall be made.
18. It is agreed that if any patient dies while
enroute to any hospital, the ambulance driver shall deliver
the body of such deceased person to the nearest hospital,
unless otherwise directed by responsible parties, and remain
there until a medical examiner or licensed medical doctor
formally pronounces the subject dead. City and County agree
that City will not be required to transport any cadavers
from any hospital.
19. It is agreed that all calls for ambulance service
that are received by County shall be referred to the CITY OF
PARIS AMBULANCE SERVICE operated by City.
20. In the event that the County desires co.ntinued
ambulance service beyond the end of this contract, being
September 30, 1987, County shall give written notice to the
City on or before June 1, 1987, of its desire for service
for an additional term, and upon receipt of said notice on
or before June 20, 1987, City will deliver to County the
rates and contract price upon which it will deliver service,
and thereafter on or before July 1, 1987, County will
execute the contract for service for the additional term
upon the same terms and conditions as stated therein.
CITY OF PARIS
BY
Billy Joe Burnett, Mayor
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
T. K. Haynes, City Attorney
COUNTY OF LAMAR,
STATE OF TEXAS
BY
Brady Fisher, County Judge
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tom Wells, County Attorney
Exhibits A. B. and C are on file in the
City Clerk's Office of the City of Paris