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Home My WebLink About032780 ORD - 06/28/2022Ordinance amending section 18-2, "Outside city limits fire engine response rates" of the City Code and publication and an effective date. WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances Chapter 18; Article II; Sec. 18- 20(b) Adjustment of ambulance rates, allows for the adjustment of ambulance rates based on the South Region Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers for Medical Care as published by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics; WHEREAS, any year in which the CPI increase by more than one percent from the previous year, ambulance rates may be adjusted by an amount equal to the annual change in the CPI; WHEREAS, the ambulance rate schedule will be submitted to city council annually for review and any adjustment of ambulance rates requires city council approval. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THAT: SECTION 1. Section 18-2 of the Corpus Christi City Code is hereby amended by adding language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken (deleted) to the existing text as set forth below: Sec. 18-2. Outside city limits fire departmentcngi-ne response rates. Calls for Fire or EMS service outside the city limits shall be billed utilizing the following schedule:' {a) Firc calls. The fee for responding to outside city limits ("OCL") fire calls shall be which do not involve providing assistance to thc U.S. Navy. {b) First responder calls. The fec for medical emergencies requiring a "first responder" emergency call location, in addition to any cmcrgcncy medical services fees which responding to medical emergency calls which do not involve providing assistance to thc U.S. Navy. (a) Response Readiness Fee DATA Population 2020 317,863 Total Taxing Parcels 2021 139,648 03278 SCANNED Fire Department Budget FY2022 $72,205,224.00 Charge per Taxing Parcel Adopted Budget/ # taxed parcels $72,205,244/ 139,648 $517.05 (b) Fee for Service Charge Per Population Adopted Budget/ Population $72,205,244/ 317,863 $227.16 Rank Monthly Hourly Salary Rate Battalion $ 7,514.00 $ 32.11 Captain $ 5,340.00 $ 22.82 FFII- Eng $ 5,518.00 $ 23.58 FFII- EMS $ 5,518.00 $ 23.58 Hourly Fee per Apparatus by Rank Apparatus Battalion Captain FFII Tailboard Tailboard Hourly Chief Engineer Rate B/C $ 32.11 _ - _ _ $ 32.11 Truck _ $ 22.82 $ 23.58 $ 23.58 $ 23.58 $ 93.56 Engine _ $ 22.82 $ 23.58 $ 23.58 $ 23.58 $ 93.56 Medic _ _ - $ 23.58 $ 23.58 $ 47.16 Specialty _ $ 22.82 $ 23.58 $ 23.58 $ 23.58 $ 93.56 Personnel Costs Calculator* CaII Type Unit Qty H rly 1 2 3 Rate Response B/C 1 $ 32.11 $ 32.11 $ 64.22 $ 96.33 Truck $ - $ - $ - $ - Profile Engine 1 $ 93.56 $ 93.56 $ 187.13 $ 280.69 Medic 1 $ 47.16 $ 47.16 $ 94.32 $ 141.49 Specialty $ 93.56 $ 93.56 $ 187.13 $ 266.40 $ 266.40 $ 532.80 *Personal costs increase ad infinitum per response profile unit $ 280.69 $ 799.21 Rescue B/C Truck _Engine Medic Specialty - - B/C 2 Commercial Truck 1 Alarm Engine 3 Medic 2 Specialty 1 - - Still Alarm B/C _ Truck 1 _Engine Medic _ Specialty Example Response Profiles C. B/C 1 Boat Truck rescue q Enine 2 Medic 1 Specialty 1 - - Qty Second B/C Truck Engine - - alarm Medic Specialty _ - - Qty B/C EMS Truck call Engine 1 Medic 1 Specialty Regular Engine Alarm � Medic B/C Truck Special (c) Cost for Equipment The cost of equipment shall be based on the 2021 Federal Emergency Management Aqency schedule of equipment rates Equipment Spec's Hrly Rates Truck, Fire 1000 gpm $ 71.31 Truck, Fire 1250 gpm $ 75.61 Truck, Fire 1500 gpm $ 82.24 Truck, Fire 2000 gpm $ 85.22 Truck, Fire Ladder 75' ladder $ 122.69 Truck, Fire Ladder 100' ladder $ 148.48 Fire Command Ctr. SUV $ 19.97 Truck, Fire, Eng. Type 2 Sm. Brush $ 133.85 Mobile Command Ctr. 43' w/ gen. $ 87.31 (d) Mileage $0.585 per mile for each mile traveled by each unit dispatched to and from their station. 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 judgment 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 in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon publication. That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the \LON day of 3W' , , 2022, by the following vote: Paulette Guajardo Roland Barrera Gil Hernandez Michael Hunter Billy Lerma John Martinez Ben Molina Mike Pusley Greg Smith That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the R- 011 day of 'Lkes 2022, by the following vote: Paulette Guajardo Roland Barrera Gil Hernandez Michael Hunter Billy Lerma PASSED AND APPROVED on this the -01(\ day of ATTEST: with necLit/tAt Rebecca Huerta City Secretary EFFECTIVE DATE 4 I. John Martinez Ben Molina Mike Pusley Greg Smith 1/411E TL.).t ,. , 2022. aatfilt(ja Paulette Guajardo Mayor 032780 Caller Times RAPT OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Certificate of Publication NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE(S) CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS TI -SECRETARY NO. 032780 Ordinance amending Corpus Christi PO BOX 9277 Code to adopt Outside City Limits Fire Protection Service fees and rate CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401 schedule for persons out- side of the Corpus Christi city limits who receive fire service and to set forth col- lection mechanisms to re- STATE OF WISCONSIN) cover such fees if not paid. )) This ordinance was passed and approved on second COUNTY OF BROWN) reading by the Corpus Christi City Council on June 28,2022. I, being first duly sworn, upon oath depose and say that I /s/Rebecca Huerta am a legal clerk and employee of the publisher, namely, the City Secretary Corpus Christi Caller-Times,a daily newspaper published cl at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated r.� C3 in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval,Jim Hogg,Jim Wells, N —+ Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio,and San Patricio, h..) Counties,and that the publication of which the annexed is a true copy,was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times t— in the following issue(s)dated: N n 07/03/2022 e. rn Fri CJ' On this July 3, 2022, I certify that the attached document is a CA) true and exact copy made by the publisher: Legal Notic Clerk Notary u c, ate of Wisconsin, Coun of Brown Notary Expires SARAH BERTELSEN Notary Public Publication Cost: $102.00 State of Wisconsin Ad No: 0005322321 Customer No: 1490432 PO#: NO.032780 #of Affidavits1 This is not an invoice