HomeMy WebLinkAbout08941 ORD - 07/17/1968WDP:vMP:7 /17/68
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE 8829 BY AUTHORIZING THE PERMIT
OFFICER TO ISSUE INTERIM AMBULANCE OPERATORS' PERMITS
TO CERTAIN AMBULANCE OPERATORS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS;
PROVIDING FOR THE TIME LIMIT ON SAID INTERIM PERMITS;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 10, 1968, PASSED ORDINANCE 8829
TO PROVIDE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE; AND
WHEREAS, FIVE AMBULANCE OPERATORS WERE IN EXISTENCE AS OF APRIL 10,
1968; AND
WHEREAS, SAID OPERATORS HAVE SENT THEIR ATTENDANTS TO SPECIAL
TRAINING PROGRAMS, OBTAINED NEW EQUIPMENT, HAD VEHICLES INSPECTED, OBTAINED
INCREASED INSURANCE AND /OR IN OTHER WAYS EVIDENCED THEIR DESIRE TO SUPPORT
THE GOALS OF ORDINANCE 8829, COOPERATE WITH THE CITY, AND COMPLY WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE 8829, VD;
WHEREAS, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, CERTAIN OPERATORS HAVE HAD INSUFFICIENT
• TIME TO FULLY COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF ORDINANCE 8829, AND;
WHEREAS, IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE AN ORDERLY TRAN-
SITION AND TO INSURE ADEQUATE AMBULANCE SERVICE;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI:
SECTION 1. THE PERMIT OFFICER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE INTERIM
PERMITS TO OPERATORS HOLDING STATE PERMITS AND ACTUALLY IN OPERATION ON THE
DATE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE N0. 8829 IF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN
MET:
• A. THE ATTENDANTS OF SAID OPERATOR HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAINING
PROGRAM PRESCRIBED BY ORDINANCE 8829;
B. THE AMBULANCES TO BE OPERATED HAVE BEEN INSPECTED TO
INSURE THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS;
C. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE BEING MET.
SECTION 2. SUCH INTERIM PERMITS SHALL BE NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY
WITH THE FIRST SUCH PERMIT BEING ISSUED TO EXPIRE IN 10 MONTHS, THE SECOND
IN 8 MONTHS, THE THIRD IN 6 MONTHS, THE FOURTH IN 4 MONTHS, AND THE FIFTH
IN 2 MONTHS. SAID INTERIM PERMITS SHALL BE ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE DATE
8941
OF THE STATE PERMIT, WITH THE EARLIEST DATED STATE PERMIT BEING ISSUED THE
LONGEST INTERIM PERMIT. SUCH PERMITS SHALL NOT BE RENEWABLE.
SECTION 3. ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE 8829 SHALL IMMEDIATELY
TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN OPERATION AS THOUGH THE INTERIM PERMIT HEREIN PROVIDED
WAS A FULL PERMIT.
THE NECESSITY TO PROVIDE INTERIM AMBULANCE OPERATOR PERMITS TO
CERTAIN AMBULANCE OPERATORS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE CREATES A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF
THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON
THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE
READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING
DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE
DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL
FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT iS ACCORDINGLY 30 ORDAINED,
THIS THE /DAY OF JULY, 1968.
ATTEST:
TIT SE RET RY MA OR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
_DAY OF JULY, 1968:
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHR I ST
DAY OF.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE - EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING -
. ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER. RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED] OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
.. CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
QYORT
HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR //
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. ✓/ ,.
. ,GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL • .
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS/
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOW G VOTE:
(� JACK R. BLACKMON /
.i. RONNIEt SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
. f KEN MCDAN I EL
W. J, "WRANGLER" ROBERTS /