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Date: November 6. 1980 INTRODUCED BY: Hanse
PROPOSED BY: Public Works Department
ORDINANCE NO. 80 -95
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SERVICE FEES
AND AUTHORIZING AND AGREEING TO THE
CITY OF BELLINGHAM CITY COUNCIL AMEND -
ING ORDINANCE 8725 AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO RELATING TO AMBULANCE SERVICE
CHARGES SO AS TO PROVIDE MILEAGE FROM ..
POINT OF PICK -UP TO POINT OF DELIVERY.
WHEREAS, it has been determined that mileage rates for county and
city users of the Bellingham / Whatcom County Countywide Ambulance Service
should be modified to
better
interface with
Medicare
benefits
and
to
increase
the subsidy required
by the
City and County
for the
operation
of
the
ambulance
service,
NOW, THEREFORE, WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1.
In accordance with and as permitted in a countywide intergovernmental
agreement for emergency medical care and transportation services by and be-
tween the County of Whatcom and the City of Bellingham whereby the City shall
. r.
establish, assess and collect users fees for services rendered within the city
of Bellingham and in the unincorporated areas of Whatcom.County by City ordi-
nance and agreed to by County ordinance duly passed by the Council of Whatcom
County on an annual basis and mutually agreed upon by both parties; the County
Council agrees and authorizes the following changes established for ambulance
service to city and county users of the Bellingham / Whatcom County Countywide
Ambulance Service.
A. Emergency.service base rate plus those charges described in
C, D, and E, where,-:applicable, from $70.00 to $80.00.
B. Non - emergent base rate plus those charges described in C,
D, and'E, where applicable, from $70.00 to $80.00.
Co Mileage per mile from the point at which the patient is
accepted to the point of delivery from $2.00 to $2.50.
D. Standby service per hour - $40.00•.
E. Oxygen.- $10.00.
Ordinance -
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F. Multiple patients in one ambulance _ $10000:
Two or more patients carried by one ambualnce an addi-
tional charge of $10.00 for each patient above the
first patient shall be added to the base cost. This
amount shall then be prorated among the patients carried.
PASSED this 24th day of November 1980,
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
U�
Shirley Val Zant
Chairperson
ATTEST: Joan Ogden
County Auditor and Ex� officio
Clerk of the Council
by l /Z2 i � lk.
Deputy
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
C>< APPROVED ( ) VETOED DATE:
Joh Louws '
C9 my Executive
Published: November 13 and December 4 1980
Effective date shall be January 1, 1981