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Home My WebLink About021715 ORD - 07/27/1993AN AMENDING THE CITY CODE BY RATES, TO PROVIDE FOR AN THERETO; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-20 AMBULANCE INCREASE IN FEES AND SURCHARGE SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI: SECTION 1. That the Corpus Christi City Code, Section 18-20, Ambulance Rates, is hereby amended by to read as follows: Sec. 18-20 Ambulance Rates. Ambulance rates for Emergency Medical Service shall be charged as follows: (a) Base --Rates Rates 1. Basic life support base rate (BLS) 2. Advanced life support base rate (ALS) 3. Neonate transport (Charged to requesting hospital) 4. Neonate transport (additional charge for those calls which exceed one hour in length or any part thereof) 5. Out of city calls, basic life support 6. Out of city calls, advanced life support 7. Basic aid, no 8. Advanced aid, 9. Basic aid, no city limits 10. Advanced aid, city limits (b) Supplementary Charges transport no transport transport, outside no transport, outside Basic Rate $250.00 $342.00 350.00 479.00 275.00 377.00 110.00 151.00 300.00 411.00 400.00 548.00 60-.00 82.00 300.00 411.00 85.00 116.00 350.00 479.00 1. Emergency runs within or outside the city, but within Nueces County, requiring the administration of oxygen, providing a $15.00 charge in addition to the appropriate charge defined in Subsection A of this Section. 2. Providing a mileage charge of $3.00 per mile for those calls inside the city limits and $6.00 for those calls outside of the city limits, from patient pick up point to the hospital. 3. Providing a fee for responding to a medical alarm which is a malfunction, no one at home, no one injured, $60.00. iicaf►1.KE t 021715 4. The City Manager is authorized to establish charges, not to exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service, for other supplementary services such as providing standby equipment and crews at special events and attending training courses. (c) Review of Charges. That The Corpus Christi EMS ambulance service rates shall be reviewed as needed to determine the need for increacco adjustments. SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption in substance the purpose of the ordinance to become effective upon such publication. \ord\93054 That the foregoing ordinance was read for the firf time and passed to its second reading on this the 2_0 day of J k 19 9.3 , by the following vote: Mary Rhodes V___ Edward A. Martin Jack Best — Dr. David McNichols nit Melody Cooper (,�vyu David Noyola """1t Cezar Galindo ft'uy. Clif Moss That the foregoing ordinance was read for the g�Gond time and pas ,fi finally on this the L7 day of ¢� , 19 (r) , by the following vote: Mary Rhodes 6:'] ! Edward A. Martin (ud_ Jack Best'j Dr. David McNichols /ail. Melody Cooper David Noyola Chep, Cezar Galindo al -I- Clif Moss ail , Betty Jean Longoria 02-f} ' PAS FjD AND APPROVED, this the day of 19(7') Betty Jean Longoria ATTEST: Ci y Secretary APPROVED: it DAY OF j.,..) 17 MAYOR THE CITY OY CORPUS CHRISTI , 19 613 . JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY By 2z til Cit }r ttorney \forme\066 021715 PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas, } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI County of Nueces } ss: ADS 55482 P01 Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Beverly Bennett, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Business Office Secretary of the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said County and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, and Webb Counties, and that the publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 021715 AMENDING THE CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 18-20 AMBULANCE RATES. TO PROVIDE FOR which the annexed is a true copy, was published in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the 2nd day(s) of August, 1993. One Time(s) $ 30.40 Business Office Secretary Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of August, 1993. Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas or 1O" 3� /4,,4 Monday, August 2, 1 ` < TMnn/C11 , . CODE tW FUUSSI' FBmnb 1201 LI AME AMENDING SECTION A ad *1.20 AMBULANCE RATES, 6 Ary TO PROVIDE- FOR AN IN- CREASE IN FEES AND c SURCHARGE THERETO; PRO- a VVs ND PROVIDING FfN1 SEVERANCE; tU- 114 ssty CATIO istlsnd TM ecSiMe— mows W MW II f c of is CM of B C Christi on dr sl • 27M day /ofL N_ _ 19sCAW w ,00 INC ▪ n. .,.arra m SIDOGIB FOR ` TF