ORDINANCE NO. 4089
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2575 CODIFIED AS CHAPTER 18, SECTION 86 – 101 OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION CODE OF ORDINANCES CONCERNING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
RECITALS:
In May 1992 the City Council passed Ordinance number 2575. The purposes of which were to enact formal policies and regulations for the operation, licensing and regulation of ambulances, to protect the public by assuring the safe and sanitary operation of ambulances and to allow for the operation of an organized local emergency medical services system. The ordinance and regulations adopted there under satisfied the intended purposes.
In December 2004 the Mesa County Board of Commissioners first adopted the County wide emergency medical services (EMS) resolution. The purpose of which were to provide operational stability and control to EMS and ambulance service providers in the designated ambulance service areas. Pursuant to the County resolution the City was authorized to engage in a selection process and designate an ambulance service provider for the Grand Junction Ambulance Service Area (ASA).
In November 2005 the City Council selected the Grand Junction Fire Department as the ambulance service provider for the Grand Junction ASA.
In June 2006 the Mesa County Board of Commissioners approved the City’s ambulance service provider. The EMS system has been functioning well under the County resolution for almost a year and therefore the Council has determined that Ordinance 2575 is no longer necessary to protect the interests of the public health, safety and welfare.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION THAT:
Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction is amended as follows:
That sections 18-86 through and inclusive of 18-101 shall be repealed.
Introduced this 16th day of May, 2007.
Passed and adopted this 6th day of June, 2007.
/s/: James J. Doody President of the Council
ATTEST:
/s/: Stephanie Tuin
Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk