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2202 RES COP BEEN REQUESTED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE TO LAMAR COUNTYRESOLUTION N0. 2202 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has been re- quested 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 COUPJCIL 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, Joe Graham 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 9th day of August, 1982. J e Graham, Mayor ATTEST: , 47 ~ S: H. C. Green , City Clerk APPROVED AS T FORh1: T. . Ha ne , City Attorney AMBULANCE SERVICF COtJTRACT 5TATE OF TEXAS ~ COUNTY OF LAMAR ~ This contract made and sntered into this 9th day of August, 1982, by and between the CITY OF PARIS, Paris, Texas, a body politic, acting by and through its Mayor, duly author- ized, hereinafter cal1ed City; and the COUNTY OF LAMAR, State of Texas, acting by and through its County Judge, duly author- ized,hereinafter called County; hereby contract and agree as follows: l. 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 furnish- ing of ambulance service and that all vehicles used as ambul- ances will be distinctly marked arid colored as required by State law and City ordinances. The ambuiance service shall be referred to as "CITY OF PARIS AMBULANCE SERUICE'° 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 certi- fied 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 Ernergency Care At- tendant or who is qualified as an Emergency Medica1 Technician- Ambulance; that all attendants must complete the course of the Emergency f-1edical Technician (EMT) basic training course within six (6) months from date of employrnent; that all persons driving equiprnent used 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. City agrees to providetl 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 ambularices, 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, each hospital furnishing its own radio equipment which must meet all requirements for the State Medical Services Comrnunicatiori System attached hereto as Exhibit A. 6. City agrees that al] vehicles used for emergency service will meet or exceed Amendment -i 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 or not in compliance with the provisions hereof, or if any ambulance is in need of inechanical repairs in order to insure its satisfactory operation, the said vehicle must be removed from service. 7. City agrees that it will answer ail emergency calls within the limits of the City and County, and that no person -2- within the City and County shall be refusetl emergency service, and further agrees that transfer emergency service when di- rected by a medical doctor will not be refused, and agrees to deliver patients to McCuistion and St. Joseph Hospital in the following manner: (a) To the hospital that victim, his personal physician 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 palicy or policies ofi public liability insurance covering each motor vehicle operated under this contract in the minimu m amounts of $100,000.00 for bodil,y injury or death to any one person and $300,000.00 for all persons injured in any one accident or occasion and $25,000.00 for property damages arising out of any one 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 ren- dered under this contract, and training and certification records of all employees, be available for inspection and re- view 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. -3- 11. City agrees that it will have a minimum of three (3) ambulances which meet the ambulance and equipment require- ments as set out in Paragraph 6 above, manned with a crQw of two (2) men each, available to the citizens of the City and County twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week. 12. County agrees that non-ernergency transfer service from points within the City or County to points inside or outside the County shall be madG at the prerogative of the City; that ambulance service from 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 pa,y to City forty per cent (40%) of the annual, 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 pay- ments of $8,718.33 monthly towards the estimated annual cost of $261,551.00. The first af said monthly payments to be made on the lst day of September, 1982, with a like payment being made on the first day of each month thereafter. 14. This agreement shall be effective and the term there- of shall commence on the lst day of September, 1982, and sha71 expire on the 31st day of August, 1983. 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 that of a partnership or joint venture, and that the status ofi 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. -4- 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 agreed that no one shall be entitled to free ambulance service under this contract, and diligent efforts shall be made to collect accounts outstanding in keeping with good and ethical business practices. 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 bP per patient, per call, as follows: EMERGENCY SERVICE within the rity Limits $50.00 plus $1.50 per mi1e from point of pick up to point of delivery EMERGENCY TRANSFER SFRUICE to a point outside the City Limits TRAlVSFER SERVICE within the City Limits TRANSFER SERUICE to a point outside the City Limits $50.00 plus $1.50 per Riile from point of pick up to point of delivery $45.00 plus $1.50 per mile from point of pick up to point of delivery $~5.00 plus $1.50 per mile from point of pick up to point of delivery 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 c!ies while enroute to any hospital, the ambulance driver shall deliver the body of such deceased person to the nearest hospital, unless other- wise directed by responsible par-ties, and remain there until a medical examiner or licerised medical doctor formally pro- nounces the subject dead. City and County agree that City will not be required to transport any cadavers from ariy hospital. -5- 19. It is agreed that all c;dlls 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 continued ambu- lance service beyond the end of this contrart, being August 31, 1983, County shall give written notice to the City on or be- fore June l, 1983, of its desire for service for an additional term, and upon receipt of said notice on or before June 20, 1983, City will deliver to County the rates and contract price upon which it will deliver service, and thereafter on or be- fore July l, 1983, County will execute the contract for service for the additional term upon the same terms and conditions as stated therein. CITY OF PARIS By oe Graham, Mayor ATTEST: H. f.. Greene, City Clerk ! APPROVED AS TO FORM: T. K. aynes, ity Attorney COUNTY OF LAMAR, STATE OF TEXAS BY Brady Fisher, County Judge APPROVED AS TO FORM Tom Wells, County Attorney -6- STATE OF TEXAS ~ COUNTY OF LAMAR ~ BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day person- ally appeared JOE GRAHAM, Mayor of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this day of STATE OF TEXAS ~ COUNTY OF LAh1AR i , 1982. Notary Public:, State ofTexas BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared BRADY FISHER, County Judge of Lamar County, Texas, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND APJD SEAL OF OFFICE, this day of , 1982. Natary Public, State of Texas Exhibits A, B, and C are on file in the City Clerk's Office of the City of Paris.