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Home My WebLink About09627 ORD - 01/28/1970JKH:1 -28-70 AN ORDINANCE f. I + . AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, A CONTRACT WITH EACH AMBULANCE SERVICE OPERATOR DESIRING TO ENTER INTO EMERGENCY SERVICE AMBULANCE OPERATION WITH THE CITY, SAID CON- TRACT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE, AND HE IS HEREBY, AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, A CONTRACT WITH EACH AMBULANCE SERVICE OPERATOR DESIRING TO ENTER INTO EMERGENCY SERVICE AMBULANCE OPERATION WITH THE CITY, SAID CONTRACT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WITHOUT DELAY CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION 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 SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AN TER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE,DAY OF , 1970• ATTEST: Z I, t__4_7 qa'mvogA446�� CITY SECR ARY /WT THE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROV D: 1 d DAY OF JANUARY, 1970: CITY A TO NEY COMA e I CONTRACT This is a contract between the City of Corpus Christi, hereinafter called City, and called Operator. hereinafter Whereas Operator is now performing a vital service in providing ambulance service; and Whereas it is now the policy of the City to offer financial assistance to operators who stand ready to provide the public with ambulance service 24 hours a day, seven days a week; therefore Be it known that the City and Operator have agreed to a contract with the following provisions: (1) City agrees to pay Operator $5.00 for each call for ambulance service which is assigned through the Police Dispatcher. (2) When the Police Dispatcher receives information which, in his judgment, indicates that ambulance service is needed, said Dispatcher shall call the Operator on the rotation list, as provided for by the Ambulance Ordinance of this City, and shall dispatch said ambulance to the location where said ser- vice is needed. When the Dispatcher gives the Operator an assignment he will, at the same time, give the Operator a call number. The Dispatcher shall assign a different ambulance call number for each ambulance he dispatches on an ambulance run. (3) Operator shall be entitled to be paid when he begins a run at the request of the Police Dispatcher regardless of any service which may or may not be rendered after the run has begun. (4) The Operator shall stand ready to provide ambulance service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When the Police Dispatcher notifies an operator that ambulance service is needed, said operator is required to respond to that call; provided, however, when the operator is temporarily unable to provide ambulance service because of some physical or mechanical inability to do so he shall immediately notify the police dispatcher that he is unable to answer emergency calls and shall also notify the 17' b 2 S Contract Page 2 Police Dispatcher when he is again able to respond to calls; pro- vided, further, that if an operator is unable to respond to ambulance calls due to the attendance to any business or profession of the ambulance operator, said operator shall .notify the Police Dispatcher as soon as.he is aware of his inability to respond to calls and said Dispatcher shall re- move said Operator from the rotation list for that day. If any Operator is unable to provide emergency ambulance service as outlined above, it shall be the duty of the Police Dis- patcher to notify the next Operator "on call ". Persistent and repeated failure to notify the Police Dispatcher of unavail- ability or persistent and repeated unavailability when on "first call" shall be deemed just cause for cancellation of this contract by the City. (5) operator shall maintain a separate record of calls assigned by the Police Dispatcher; said record shall contain at least (a) date the call is made, (b) location dispatched to, and (c) the ambulance call number. Said record shall be open to inspection by the City Manager or his designated representative, at all times during regular business hours of the Operator. (6) At the end of each month, Operator shall submit a statement to the City Health Officer showing the number of runs made in the previous month, the ambulance call number and date of each call. Within 30 days the City shall make payment to the Operator in accordance with Paragraph(1);provided, however, the 30 -day pay- ment does not apply to any call which is challenged by the City as being outside the terms of this contract. (7) An Operator who is "on call" in accordance with the police rotation list shall not refer a call he receives for ambulance service to the Police Dispatcher and then accept said call when requested to do so by the Police Dispatcher. (8) operator and his employees shall comply with all State laws and City ordinances relating to the operation of an ambulance. (9) If Operator does have a two -way radio in any ambulance which is on the frequency assigned to the Corpus Christi Police Depart- ment, the City will provide, without charge, frequency checks Contract Page 3 and adjustments at least twice a year. (10) Within ten days after the effective date of this ordinance, Operator shall provide the City with a complete schedule of rates charged for ambulance service and first aid in connection with said service. if, during the term of this contract, Operator amends his schedule of rates, said Operator shall pro- vide the City with a written copy of such amendment within five days after said amendment is put into effect. This contract may be canceled if the City Council determines that any charge for service is unreasonable in the light of prevailing local circumstances. (11) The payment referred to in this contract shall not apply to a request from the Police Dispatcher to an Operator for the pur- pose of removing a dead body. When it becomes necessary to remove a body and no member of the immediate family is avail- able or indicates what disposition should be made of the body, the Dispatcher shall call the Operator "on call" who has mortuary facilities. In the event that any Operator does not have mortuary facilities he may be called to remove dead bodies only if he files with the City Health Officer a statement in writing indicating any arrangement or agreement he has with some facility providing mortuary service to deliver said bodies to that facility. (12) If the Operator does business under this contract with an ambu- lance more than five years old, as determined by the model year, he shall be required to take said ambulance to the Corpus Christi Police Station at least once every 60 days for an inspection to insure that said ambulance is in proper condition and meets all requirements of the State of Texas and the City of Corpus Christi relating to ambulance equipment. This contract shall become effective at midnight December 31, 1969, and shall expire at midnight December 31, 1970. Either party may terminate this contract without cause by giving the other party notice in writing at least 60 days prior to the date of said cancellation. Contract Page 4 Executed in duplicate this day of , 19700 ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED: DAY OF ,1970: City Attorney CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI By R. Marvin Townsend, City Manager By b Corpus Christi, Texas o Jday 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 paid 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, R THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by tl� following vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick "Bradley, . Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. "Wrangler" Robe t-s Ronnie Sizemore The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "pick" Bradley „, /Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. ',Wrangler” R crts,/ Ronnie Sizemore Y: 0