Resolution No. 70-96
Amending Resolution 105-94
Concerning and Establishing the Ambulance Service Permit Fee
Recitals.
Pursuant to Article III, Section 18-93 of the Code of Ordinances the Grand Junction City Council shall set the fee for ambulance service provider permits. That fee is to be established to not exceed the reasonable cost of administering Article III of the Code and for the orderly provision of emergency medical services.
By Resolution 105-94 the Council set the ambulance service permit fee. The permit fee has not been amended since that time. The fee is based on a formula, adopted by Resolution 46-92, which analyzes the relationship between the number of calls for service and the cost of manpower, services and equipment. Payment of the fee is necessary to pay costs incurred in dispatching ambulance services, administering the ambulance service permitting program and in dispatching and providing emergency responder services. All users of dispatch services pay for the cost of dispatch service, ambulance service providers pay the cost as part of a permit fee. The Grand Junction ambulance service permit fee is based on a model successfully implemented by other multi-jurisdiction agencies especially the Las Vegas, Nevada metro fire service providers.
Given the increase in calls for service and the fact that the proportionate share of ambulance service calls has decreased, the ambulance service permit fee for 1996 has decreased over prior years.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:
That Resolution 105-94 is hereby amended to provide a Collections/cancellations factor of 0.42, User Agency Per Call Charge of $14.68, and Administrative Cost of $3123.84. The prior figures/factors shall be and become part of the established calculation of the permit fee for the remainder of 1996 beginning on the 4th day of July 1996.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of July, 1996.
Attest:
/s/ Linda Afman
Linda Afman
President of the Council
/s/ Stephanie Nye
Stephanie Nye
City Clerk