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MEMORANDUM
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Mayor, City Council, City Manager
Mark T. Sokolow, City Attorney ~ ~
P.O. No. 5263 May 28, 2002 Council Meeting
May 22, 2002
Attached is P.O. 5263 adding Subsection (d) to Sec.
114-33 Ambulance Agreements of the Code of Ordinances as it
pertains to emergency medical vehicles and the alternative to
the $50,000 per year annual fee as it pertains to a new company.
This new provision addresses the quarterly payment of a new
company that complies with the alternative quarterly payment
program of Subsection (c). AMSTAR did not have a history of
response times in the City of Port Arthur. Therefore, they were
having to pay $12,500 for the May 15th quarter, while Goldstar
EMS and MetroCare EMS paid $1,250. This Ordinance rectifies this
situation to a degree. If approved, there will be a pro-ration
for AMSTAR wherein they will pay $2,083.34 for the first quarter,
instead of $12,500.
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cc: VIA FACSIMILE (409) 842-1656
George Knupple
METROCARE EMS
4770 Washington Boulevard
Beaumont, TX 77707
VIA FACSIMILE (409) 985-4466
Ralph Crall
GOLDSTAR EMS
4439 Gulfway Drive
Port Arthur, TX 77642
VIA FACSIMILE (713) 795-0447
Welsey Boyd
Chief Operating Officer
THE AMSTAR AMBULANCE GROUP,
2010 Naomi Street, Suite C
Houston, TX 77054
INC.
Fire Chief Curran
Director of Finance
P.O. No. 5263
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SUB-SECTION (d) TO SEC.
114.33 AMBULANCE AGREEMENT~ OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES AS IT
VEHICLES AND THE
YEAR ANNUAL FEE AS
PERTAINS TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL
ALTERNATIVE TO THE $50,000 PER
IT PERTAINS TO A NEW COMPANY
WHEREAS, the City of Port Arthur has an agreement
with Goldstar EMS dated January 20, 2002, MetroCare EMS
Inc. dated January 20, 2002 and Amstar Ambulance Group
Port Arthur Inc. dated March 19, 2002 wherein they agreed
to pay the City of Port Arthur $12,500 in quarterly
installments OR $50,000 per year as partial reimbursement
for the first responder services provided by the City and
as a regulatory fee; and,
WHEREAS, the City added a new Sub-Section 114-33 (c)
approving an alternative program to the $12,500
contracted quarterly fee wherein the fee could be reduced
under certain circumstances, i.e, agreeing to provide
ambulances to the City if the company ceases operations,
agreeing to allow the City to use the company's dispatch
system in case of an emergency, and maintaining a
response time of six minutes or less for the previous
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three months, with such Ordinance being effective on May
15, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public
interest to add Sec. 114-33, Sub-Section (d) to the Code
of Ordinances as to address the first quarter payments of
new companies who do not have a history of an average
response time in Port Arthur; and
WHEREAS, the City will allow a new company to
participate in the reduced fee for the first quarter so
long as the company complies with the other conditions of
Sub-Section (c).
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. That
ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
the facts and opinions in the
preamble are true and correct.
Section 2. That Sub-Section 114-33(d) of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Port Arthur, Texas, is hereby added,
with said sub-section to read as follows:
"(d) If a Company does not have a
response time in the City of Port Arthur,
can still qualify for this program and the
fees under Sub-Section (c) on its first
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history of
the Company
reduction of
quarter of
City so long as the company agrees to
operations in the
the other conditions delineated in Sub-Section (c). The
company will need to pay a pro-rated portion of the fee
of $12,500 for the first quarter of their operations
until the effective date of this Ordinance or $1,250,
whichever is greater. After the first quarter, the new
company will need to fully comply and agree to all five
of the conditions in Sub-Section (c), including but
(5)
not limited to, an average response time of six (6)
minutes or less in the City of Port Arthur."
Section 3. That if any portion of this Ordinance
shall, for any reason, be declared invalid by any Court
of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not
affect the remaining provisions hereof.
Section 4. That any and all other Ordinances in
is herein repealed.
5. That this Ordinance,
shall be effective
not requiring
on the 1st day of
conflict herewith
Section
publication,
June, 2002.
Section 6.
Ordinance be
Council.
That a copy of the caption of this
spread upon the Minutes of the City
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this __ day of
, A.D., 2002, at a Regular Meeting of the
City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the
following vote: AYES: Mayor , City
Council:
;
NOES. ·
ATTEST:
OSCAR ORTIZ, MAYOR
JAN STRODER, ACTING CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARK T. SOKOLOW, CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
STEVE FITZGIBBONS, CITY MANAGER