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A ST:
Mayor Pro Tern
WELLS City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RESOLUTION NO. 1865
A RESOLUTION of the Pasco City Council establishing rates
for the use of the City Ambulance Service; and
rescinding Resolution No. 1760.
WHEREAS, The City Council last established rates for use
of City Ambulance Service in Resolution No. 1760, passed on
November 3, 1986;
WHEREAS, The use of the City Ambulance for non-emergency
transports increases the cost of operating the City Fire
Department and has a negative effect on the readiness of the Fire
Department to respond to emergency situations; and
WHEREAS, Private ambulance businesses exist within the
Pasco community and Tr-Cities region which can provide
non-emergency ambulance transportation service; and
WHEREAS, The City Council finds the price of non-emergency
transports to be an appropriate mechanism to discourage
non-emergency use of the City Ambulance; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The following rates to be effective on
March 1, 1989 are hereby established for the use of the City
Ambulance Service made available through the Pasco Fire
Department:
1. "Emergency service" base rate for those persons
qualifying for the "service fee adjustment" provided in PMC
3.05.070 ("household tax" payor) 0 dollars.
2. Non-emergency service base rate for those persons
qualifying for the "service fee adjustment" provided in PMC
3.05.070 ("household tax" payor) $250.
3. The base rate for all persons not qualifying for the
"service fee adjustment" provided in PMC 3.05.070 ....$375.
4. Additional service fees charged for special services
performed on all ambulance runs:
Administration of oxygen $12.00
Burn kit/treatment 52.00
OB kit/treatment 17.00
Mast trouser treatment 28.00
Heart Lung resuscitory
treatment or monitoring 28.00
Administration of IV 6.50
Trauma/extracation supplies 5.00
Section 2. This Resolution supersedes and rescinds
Resolution No. 1760 passed on November 3, 1986.
PASSE y the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this
day of 989.
GREG RUBSTELLO, City Attorney