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Home My WebLink About1244 Emergency Services Agreement with Kansas City BILL NO. 2013 -067 ORDINANCE NO. /a't ] AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF KANSAS . CITY, MISSOURI RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the Riverside Board of Aldermen ("Board") hereby approves the Agreement for Fire Department Emergency Services by and between the City of Riverside and the City of Kansas City, Missouri, in substantially the form attached hereto, and the Mayor is authorized to execute the Agreement. 2. The Mayor, the City Administrator, the City Attorney and other appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to take any and all actions as may be deemed necessary or convenient to carry out and comply with the intent of this Ordinance and to execute and deliver for and on behalf of the City all certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents, as may be necessary or convenient to perform all matters herein authorized. 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. PASSED THIS rcf DAY OF , 2013, BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERS DE, MISSOURI. APPROVED: " - Y e if .12.e.4X)X el__} ' M y or Kathleen L. Rose A . ATT � • City. Clerk,Robin 1 CITY OF RIVERS! MISSOURI Upstream from ordinary. City of Riverside Resolution Overview September 2013 Memo Date: August 28th, 2013 Agenda Date: September 3rd, 2013 To: Mayor and Board of Aldermen From: Fire Division Chief Gordon Fowlston Re: KCFD Ambulance Contract BACKGROUND: This is a renewal of our contract with KCFD. The expiration date has been moved to the beginning of May to better coincide with each other's budget process. This contract expires April 30th, 2014. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the ordinance to use KCFD for Ambulance services. BUDGETARY IMPACT: The agreed upon contract price is $90,93o.00 AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE THIS AGREEMENT, made effective May 1, 2013, by and between KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, a municipal corporation (hereinafter the "CITY "), and RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI (hereinafter "Riverside "). RIVERSIDE is a Missouri political subdivision in proximity to the CITY and desires to secure from the CITY advanced life support ambulance transport services. The CITY has the equipment and personnel to render such service and is willing to do so pursuant to Missouri law authorizing political subdivisions of the state to enter into mutual agreements providing such services for specified fees. THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED, for and in consideration of the fee to be paid for advanced life support ambulance transport services, and in consideration of mutual agreements between the CITY and RIVERSIDE, that: 1) The CITY agrees to provide advanced life support ambulance transport services, which are defined as an ambulance unit equipped to deliver advanced life support services and staffed by at least two licensed emergency medical technicians, at least one of whom will be certified and licensed by the State of Missouri as an advanced life support provider and granted privileges in the KCFD system by the CITY's medical director. 2) RIVERSIDE agrees that the CITY shall be the exclusive authorized response entity for advanced life support ambulance transport services, provided however, that RIVERSIDE may, in its sole discretion, direct dispatch of an air ambulance provider if it determines that such use is warranted. If an air unit is requested, the KCFD provider assuming care of the patient may, at his or her sole discretion, cancel such unit and proceed with ground transport. No liability for the dispatch of an air unit or its cancellation shall accrue to KCFD. 3) All parties agree to manage incident scenes accordingly to NIMS protocols. Primary patient care will be initiated by the first arriving qualified provider. Responsibility for patient care initiated by Riverside will be transferred to the City's paramedic on arrival, with Riverside personnel continuing to assist as needed or requested. Riverside personnel, if requested, will assist with providing care during transport under the direction of the transport paramedic." 4) The area to be provided advanced life support ambulance transport services by the CITY shall be that territory lying within the boundaries of RIVERSIDE as appears in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein. 5) The term of this agreement is twelve months, beginning May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014, subject to the provisions and cancellation clause appearing herein. In the interests of public safety the CITY may continue to provide services after the expiration of this agreement for the purpose of avoiding an interruption in such services while a new agreement is being prepared or negotiated. 6) CITY is authorized to bill for and collect fees for advanced life support ambulance transport services in accordance with its established rates, which shall accrue solely to CITY. 7) RIVERSIDE agrees that, in addition to those fees, it will provide an annual subsidy to offset that portion of the cost of providing service and readiness not covered by fees collected. 8) The fee for the term of this agreement, established on the basis of previous year costs to CITY for services provided within RIVERSIDE less revenues realized through billing activity, shall be $90,930.00. The aforesaid annual fee shall be payable in monthly installments of $7,577.50 by RIVERSIDE to the City. 9) Advanced life support ambulance services shall be initiated when the authorized communications center for RIVERSIDE transfers the call to the KCFD Communications for medical call taking and assignment, or when the authorized communications center for RIVERSIDE communicates the address of the call and the request for ambulance response. 10) KCFD Communications Center will assign and dispatch advanced life support ambulance resources in accordance with Medical Priority Dispatch System determinants and priorities established for the KCFD system. 11) RIVERSIDE agrees to obtain and maintain, throughout the term of this agreement, insurance coverage's for general liability and automobile liability insurance, identifying the CITY as an additional insured. Said insurance shall provide the CITY liability coverage in the sum of not less than One Million and no /100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) single limit coverage to defend and indemnify the CITY, its agents, officials, officers and employees against claims for injuries, death, loss or damage to persons or property, including attorney' s fees and costs, caused by negligent acts and omissions and arising directly or indirectly from the furnishing of advanced life support ambulance transport services in accordance with this Agreement. 12) CITY agrees that it will comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations governing the provision of advanced life support ambulance transport services, which includes that all ambulances dispatched to RIVERSIDE shall conform to Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services specifications and regulations. 13) Except as may otherwise be provided in the existing Emergency Medical Services Memorandum of Understanding between the parties, all equipment used by the CITY in carrying out this Agreement, at the time of acting hereunder, will be owned by or be under the control of the CITY, and all personnel providing advanced life support ambulance services hereunder shall be employees or volunteers of CITY. 14) RIVERSIDE understands and agrees that it shall not exercise any control over the professional aspects of providing advanced life support ambulance transport services, which control and direction shall be the sole responsibility of CITY. CITY agrees to regular meetings involving designated QA staff. 15) It is recognized that the interests herein are mutual and the contract is entered into for the common good of the general public of both political subdivisions, party hereto, and for a strictly governmental purpose. This agreement may be modified at any time, in any respect, by the mutual agreement of the parties in writing. 16) CITY shall not assign or transfer this Agreement without prior written approval of RIVERSIDE. 17) The provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed to create any third party benefit hereunder for any member of the public or to authorize any one, not a party hereto, to maintain suit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 18) This agreement may be canceled by either party, such cancellation becoming effective sixty (60) clays after posting with the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, a written Notice of Termination to the other party, signatory to this Agreement. As of the effective date of cancellation any unused portion of prepaid fees shall be refunded or any fees earned but not yet paid shall be promptly remitted IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE EXECUTED FOUR (4) COUNTERPARTS of this agreement the day and year first written above. ATTEST: CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI By :-P Comm_am_lor Jackson Count Paul J. Berardi, Chief ZT" Fire Department I l" ATTEST: CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI K athleen L. Rose Mayor Approved as to form and legality: s istant ity Attorney Kansas City, Missouri