HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Chapter 9 entitled Ambulance Medical User Fee and Dedicated Fund ORDINANCE No. 8009-89
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,Indiana
August 14, 89
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Attest: � -•-✓ City Cit Clerk
IRENE K. GAMMON
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Attest: IA L r AWING. President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
August 15, 89
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City Clerk
IRENE K. GAMMON
Approved and signed by me August 18 'go 89
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BILL NO.
ORDINANCE NO. yOOQ-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 3 OF
THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE, ENTITLED
AMBULANCE/MEDICAL USER FEE AND DEDICATED FUND
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT:
By Ordinance No. 6483-78, 6897-81, and 7414-84, and 7578-85
the South Bend Common Council has established fees which will offset
partially the expense of providing ambulance and paramedic services
to the citizens of South Bend, for the purpose of the repair and /or
purchase of necessary ambulance/Paramedic equipment, other Fire
Department equipment, and to pay for the cost of needed repair and
remodeling of existing fire stations, or the building of new fire
station and a dedicated fund for such fees as received. In
conformity with the requirement of an annual review of user fees, the
Council finds that adjustment of current fees are required in order
to reflect more accurately the cost of providing ambulance and
paramedic services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SOUTH BEND COMMON
COUNCIL, as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 9, Article 3 of the South Bend Municipal
Code, entitled Ambulance/Medical User Fee and Dedicated Funds, shall
be amended at Section 9-16, to read as follows:
Section 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 $85. 00
( 2) Mileage Fee (per patient
miles, minimum 1 mile) $2-98 $ 3 .00
(3) Emergency Fee (red lights
and siren) $25. 00
( 4) Oxygen Fee $20. 00
( 5) EKG Monitor $25.00
(6) Advanced Life Support $125789. . .$140.00
(7) Mast $30.00
(8) Intubation $25.00
( 9) CPR $39799. . .$37. 50
( 10) Disposable Equipment Replacement $ 5. 00
(11) Non-resident Fee $50. 00
+12* Nen-transpert-Fee $25:99
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(b) The above fees shall be charged per patient run
occurrence; however, when ambulance/medical services are provided for
a patient using a private ambulance, the mileage fee shall not be
charged; and further provided that when more than two members of an
immediate family residing at the same address are transported per
incident, the basic fee, mileage fee, and emergency fee shall only be
billed for two persons.
(c) The above fees shall take effect on 3anuary-1;
1986September 1, 1989.
SECTION II. The additional revenues generated by the above
rates 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. A11-menies
eeiieeted-wiii-be-ded eated-46%-te-the-E-M-S--eapitai-Fund-and-54%-te
tie-E:M-S--eperating-hudget- All moneys collected will be deposited
in the E.M.S. Capital Fund. Quarterly transfers in the amount of
$38,500 will be from the E.M.S. Capital Fund to the General Fund on
or about the last day of each quarter of the calandar year.
Transfers for 1989 shall not be less than $142,000.
SECTION III. This. Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval
by the Mayor and legal publication.
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Me 'e •f the Comm.,/ ounci l
Filed le Clerk's Office
JUL 2 0 1989
IRENE GAMMON
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South Bend Fire Department
Luther J. Taylor, Fire Chief
July 20, 1989
South Bend Common Council
County-City Building
South Bend, IN 46601
Honorable Council Members :
Attached please find a proposed ordinance revising user fees
charged by the Emergency Medical Services. Changes in fees are
for mileage, advanced life support and CPR. In addition, there
are new charges for defibrillation, O.B, delivery and body
removal.
We have also changed Section II from 54% of the revenue to the
general fund to a quarterly transfer of $38,500. We have agreed
with Katherine Humphreys, City Controller, that the General Fund
will receive $142,000 . in 1989 and $154,000 annually thereafter,
payable in quarterly installments.
At the informal council session on June 14, 1989, Assistant Chief
Rick Switalski and myself discussed the user fee increase and the
two year capital improvement needs of the department were presented.
The increase in revenue and the adjustment of revenue to the
General Fund will allow the department to meet the capital needs
for the next two years.
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Please contact me if you have any questions .
Sincerely,
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Luther Taylor
Fire Chief
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701 W. Sample St. • South Bend, Indiana 46625 • 219/284-9255
Bernie J. Dobski Bert R..Prawat Daniel J. Mirocha
Assistant Chief, Operations Assistant Chief, Fire Prevention Assistant Chief, Services
284-9255 284-9487 284-9255