Amending Chapter 9 Entitled Ambulance /Medical User Fee and Dedicated Fund

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ORDINANCE NO. 6897 -81 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA BY THE INCLUSION OF NEW ARTICLE 3 ENTITLED AMBULANCE /MEDICAL USER FEE AND .DEDICATED FUND. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, passed Ordinance No. 6483 on October 23, 1978. This ordinance established a user fee of $35.00 per occurrence for services rendered by the City of South Bend through its Ambulance /Paramedic service of the Fire Department. The Common Council has reviewed the actual cost of providing Ambulance /Paramedic services, and believe that the user fees should be adjusted to more realistically reflect the increased operating expenses in this area. The Council further believes that all fees collected pursuant to this service should be placed in a dedicated fund which will be earmarked for the repair and /or purchasing of necessary Ambu- lance /Paramedic equipment, other Fire Department equipment, and to pay for the cost of needed repair or remodeling of existing fire stations, or the building of new fire stations. The Council believes that the long -term benefits of creating such a dedicated fund will benefit the people of South Bend, by improving the operating equipment of the Fire Department by developing a systematic equipment replacement program and by providing funds for necessary buildings and equipment repairs and remodeling. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: SECTION I. Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, is hereby amended by the inclusion of new Article 3 entitled Ambulance /Medical User Fee and Dedicated Fund, which shall read in its entirety as follows: ARTICLE 3. Ambulance /Medical User Fee and Dedicated Fund SEC. 9 -16 Ambulance /Medical User Fee Established (a) The following user fee schedule shall be charged for all Ambulance /Medical services provided by the City through its paramedic branch of the Fire Department: (1) Basic Fee ......... ... ........$55.00 (2) Mileage Fee (per patient miles) ...... .1.25 (3) Emergency Fee (red lights and siren) .... 10.00 (4) Oxygen Fee ... ..........................10.00 (b) The above fees shall be charged per patient run occurrence. (c) The above fees shall take effect on April 1, 1981. All fees billed from April 1, 1981 through August 31, 1981; and all of such subsequent collections of such billing shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City.