9887-08 Amend Chapter 9, Article 3. Addressing Ambulance/Medical user fees and dedicated fund

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Ordinance Addressing Ambulance/Medical Services Fees Page 3 (h) Mileage, Rural, shall apply to vehicle runs made to areas in zones or zip codes designated as rural by Medicare and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in its Medicare regulations. (i) The above fees shall take effect on January 1, 2009. Sec. 9-17 Dedication of Ambulance/Medical User Fees Revenues to the E.M.S. Capital Improvement Fund, Fund # 288; Quarterly Transfers The revenues generated by the rates set forth in Sec. 9-16 shall be dedicated to defraying the expenses of the E.M.S. operating budget, a part of the General Fund of the City of South Bend and for capital purchases and leases of E.M.S. equipment, firefighting equipment and fire station repairs. All moneys collected will be deposited in the E.M.S. Capital Improvement Fund, Fund # 288. Quarterly transfers in the amount of sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($62,500.00) will be made from the E.M.S. Capital Improvement Fund on or about the last day of each quarter of the calendar year. Annual transfers shall not be less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00). Sec. 9-18. Annual Review of User Fees by Common Council Following September 1St Report From the South Bend Fire Department. (a) The South Bend Fire Department shall prepare a report and file the same with the Office of the City Clerk on or before September 1St of each year. Said report shall summarize ambulance/medical service runs as of August 15tt' of that year by identifying the number and type of each run; amount billed; amount collected; amount in collection; number of lawsuits filed; and recommendations with regard to fee amounts. Any fee recommended fee adjustments shall include reasons for the requested adjustments. (b) The Common Council shall review the report filed annually by the South Bend Fire Department. The Council's Personnel and Finance Committee and/or the Council's Health and Public Safety Committee shall make a formal recommendation to the Common Council following a public hearing. Data contained in the annual report and testimony provided at the committee's hearing shall be used in determining fair and equitable user fees. Section II. This ordinance shall be in full force and eff r its passage by the Common Council, approval by the Mayor, legal publ' , _ , ~ Counci1.I0lember Tho~ias LaFountain Perso el and Finance Committee Chairperson Member of the Common Council