Interlocal Agreement EMS Services during Calendar Years 2013-2017

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III. ADMINISTRATION. This Agreement shall be administered through a joint board consisting of six (6) members who shall be: a. The three (3) County Commissioners of St. Joseph County, Indiana; b. The Mayor of the City of South Bend, the South Bend Fire Chief, and the South Bend City Controller. Each member shall have the right to give a written power of attorney to any other person for a particular meeting. IV. DUTIES. 1. The staffing and supplying of paramedical services shall be by South Bend. South Bend shall operate two (2) Advanced Life Support (AALS @) Ambulances, each properly equipped and staffed to serve the Unincorporated County. 2. County shall own and supply South Bend with one (1) advance support vehicle with all necessary equipment and with two (2) heavy duty ambulances with all necessary equipment, including any additional equipment required by the ALS Committee of St. Joseph County. 3. County shall pay to South Bend an annual payment of One Million Five Hundred Eighty —Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars ($1,588,822.00) in the year 2013. The monthly payment for the year 2014 shall be One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Two Dollars ($132,402.00). For the years 2015, 2016, and 2017, the annual payments shall be increased from the 2013 base to reflect any additional labor costs the City of South Bend may incur, based upon the Collective Bargaining Agreement it signs with International Firefighter's Local #362, based upon the salary ordinance passed by the South Bend Common Council for the sworn and non-sworn members of the Fire Department. Each year's annual payment shall be made in equal monthly increments. In addition County shall reimburse South Bend for any necessary costs South Bend actually incurs in connection with any on-duty injury suffered in connection with the agreement, both under I.C. 36-8-4-5 and, if recall is necessary, for the replacement cost of the firefighter so injured. 4. Until such time as modified by the joint board, South Bend may charge ambulance/medical user fees in accordance with ' 10-20-050 of the St. Joseph County Code as set forth in the attached Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein. 5. South Bend shall make reasonable efforts to collect from the Unincorporated County ambulance patients served under this agreement all due payments and shall return all such monies collected to County within thirty (30) days of receipt, except as provided herein. South Bend will provide detailed monthly reports to County concerning collections, payments, and runs made pursuant to this agreement. South Bend shall reimburse Liberty Township Ambulance Service, the town of Walkerton, Union North Ambulance Service and New Carlisle Ambulance Service fifty percent (50%) of any payment received for services rendered for an ALS assist in said localities prior to disbursal of funds to County.