RES-10795 Master Fee Schedule Adjustment For Emergency Medical ServicesRESOLUTION NO. 10795
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING THE MASTER
SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES TO ADJUST
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND GROUND
AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION RATES.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 3.10 of the Orange Municipal Code, the City Council
has established and maintained a Master Schedule of Fees and Charges, consisting of fees and
charges for services provided by the City to persons using such services; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 3.10 of the Orange Municipal Code, the
Master Schedule of Fees and Charges has been periodically amended and revised from time to
time by the City Council, the last time being October 8, 2013, when Resolution No. 10735 was
adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the Master Schedule of
Fees and Charges should be amended, in part, in order to reflect the true cost of services
provided by the City in connection with emergency medical services and ground ambulance
transportation services and to conform to the same rate structure recently proposed to the Board
of Supervisors of the County of Orange.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange
as follows:
The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. The Master Schedule of Fees and Charges is hereby amended and Attachment
A to this Resolution is hereby adopted, modifying the Master Schedule of Fees and Charges to
provide for the inclusion of the amounts of the various fees for Advanced Life Support (ALS)
and Basic Life Support (BLS) care and emergency ground ambulance transportation services
chargeable by the City of Orange, as more particularly described in Attachment A .
3. The City Council finds that the fees set forth in Attachment A do not exceed the
reasonable costs of services provided by the City in connection with the provision of ALS care,
BLS care and emergency ground ambulance transportation services.
4. The fees listed in Attachment A shall be effective as of and including July 1,
2014.
5. If the fees set forth in this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any other fee, charge, or rate, or application thereof,
which can be implemented without the invalid fee, charge, or rate, or application thereof, and
to this end the fees, charges and rates of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
ADOPTED this 10 day of June, 2014.
Te esa E. Smith, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Mary E y, City Clerk, i Orange
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 10 day of June, 2014, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez, Whitaker, Smith, Murphy
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bilodeau
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS. None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Mary E. , City Clerige