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1200 COUNTY -CITY BUILDING <br />227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 -1830 <br />CRISTAL BRisco <br />CORPORATION COUNSEL <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br />August 20, 2014 <br />Mr. Oliver Davis <br />President, South Bend Common Council <br />41h Floor, County -City Building <br />South Bend, rN 46601 <br />PHONE 574/235 -9241 <br />FAx 5741235 -7670 <br />ALADEAN M. DEROSE <br />CITY ATTORNEY <br />Re: Bill # 41 -14 Ambulance /Medical Service Fee Ordinance — Substitute Version <br />Dear President Davis: <br />On July 23, 2014, Fire Chief Stephen Cox filed Bill #41 -14 which is an ordinance <br />requesting an increase in the City's Ambulance /Medical Service Fees. Second and third reading <br />as well as public hearing of this Bill were postponed to August 25, 2014 at the Administration's <br />request to answer the Common Council's questions about this ordinance as filed. <br />The Administration is now withdrawing that portion of the ordinance which permitted the <br />Fire Chief to adjust ambulance and emergency medical service (EMS) user fees annually based <br />on increases in Medicare reimbursement rates. A substitute version of Bill #41 -14 is attached. <br />Section I of the ordinance has been revised to delete in its entirety the new, proposed <br />subpart 0) to South Bend Municipal Code Chapter 9 Article 3, Section 9 -16. Section II of the <br />Ordinance which amends Section 9 -18 of Municipal Code, Chapter 9, Article 3 has been <br />changed to delete the reference to "intended new user fees" under subpart (a) which was in the <br />original version of Bill #41 -14. The effective date of the new fees has been changed from August <br />1, 2014 to September 1, 2014 in this substitute Bill. <br />Fire Chief Stephen Cox will present this Substitute Ordinance to the Common Council. <br />Thank you for your assistance. Filed Iro ,'syPr'r 0ffle <br />c: Chief Steve Cox Sincerely, ZU14 <br />Kathleen Cekanski Farrand L� , _ <br />JOHN `v'njoi korc <br />LER�, SOUTH BEND, IN <br />adean M. DeRose, City ._ ._ <br />CHERYL A. GREENE PAUI. E. SINGIETON CARRIE GAINFS <br />CORY HAMF.L LAWRENCEJ. METEIVER TASHA REED OUTLAW JEFFREY L. SANFORD <br />