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Home My WebLink Aboutresolution.council.042-74RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves RESOLUTION NO. ~ (Series of 1974) WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council wishes to join with the Pitkin County Commissioners and the Aspen Valley Hospital Board of Trustees to arrange for the maintenance and operation of an ambulance service, and WHEREAS, a mutually agreeable arrangement has been arrived at and the City Council wishes to approve the same, and WHEREAS, Section 13.5 of the Aspen Charter requires that all cooperative contracts between the City and other governmental units or special districts be ratified by resolution, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: 1. That the joint agreement for provision of ambulance service attached hereto and incorporated by reference, be and is hereby approved and accepted by the City of Aspen. 2. That Mayor Stacy Standley be authorized to accept the same. 3. That as a further limitation of the contribution provisions of the agreement, the Department of Finance is directed that contributions under the terms of the agreement shall be made according to the following schedule: (a) The City of Aspen and Pitkin County shall share the costs incurred on a 50-50 basis. (b) Direct costs shall be estimated for each fiscal year and adjustments made for actual expenditures at the end of each fiscal year. (c) Indirect costs shall be calculated for each item on the basis of what the actual requirements of the ambulance service are, and not on the basis of direct costs. Indirect costs shall not be recalculated or RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves (d) adjusted at the end of the fiscal year. Payments required from the City by the agreement shall be paid quarterly. Date Stacy Standley III Mayor I, , duly appointed and acting City Clerk do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Aspen City Council at its meeting held 1974. This a~..... ....... t is '" betv.~ecn and among the parties for and Jn conside-at{on of the ~n~tua]. promises and benefits to be derived from the keeping thereof, as stated herein. 1. Pa~i,~_. 'Phc pa~ties to this ~greement are the County ........ ~_ ~':[:zion of the State of Colorado, (iiereina~itel 'zhe County"); the City of ~spen, a borne-rule city - ~ ~ · a:]:~ polJ.~oa.]_ subdZv~sfon of tho State of Colorado, ~nafter "tho C~y"); and, the Board of Trustees of the Aspen V~lley ' ~.. ' ~-' Ho.~pz~, ~ public hospftal board organZzed pursuant to C.R.S. ]963, ch3pta~ 66, article 7,. ~s amended, (he~e~nafte~ "the Hospital"). 2. ~utharization to contract. Thfs agreement ~s n~ade under the ~n,-' - , aut .... mt~ o5 article XIV section 18(2)(a) of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, and C.R.S. 1~63, chapter 88, article 2, as amended. Each of the parties is lawfully authorized to provide the functions,"services and facilities which are the subject of the agreement. This agreement shall become effective upon the authorization and approval of the Board of County Commissioners of the County, the City Council of the City, and the Board of ~ .- · r~stees of the tlospital. No rights sh~l be conferred by this agreement prior to i{s approval and authori- zation, duly enacted, by the legislative or approvtn9 bodies of all of the · ~ · ~-~ r t.l Cs . 3. Provi~JDn of fac~]]~'ic~ end The the area o5 thc p%,~ r' ',l A!q~,.'n. Valley lk~spi{-.al L, oundarie;: of which are on fi]e with the Clerk PJ. tkin County, Co~orado, under tho terms and set out in this agreement. The hospital will Dis tric[;, the & t~ecor~er of conditions ]:t~ep two (2) fully equipped amhu!ances _in service at' al}_ times. The Hospital will be responsible ~or automotive servicing of thc vehicles. The Hospital will provide one (1) driver and one (1) emergency medical %cchn.inia:'~ at all times. The Hospital will cause the ambulance to respond in a timely and r~asonablc fashion to all calls for assistance whether from privaie or governmental sources. 4. Charges to users. The Hospital shall provide accounting a~d billing services for the parties in the collection of reason-~ able fees and char%~as from users of the ambulance service. The amounts or rates of charges and fees shall be set forth in a budget prepared by the Hospital for the o~eration of the services covered by this agreement pursuant to paragraph 5. The Hospital shall use its best efforts to collect charges and fees, but assumes no resonsibility for collection thereof. 5. Annual budget. Prior to Semptember 1 of each year of the term of this agreement, (or such other date as may be necessary to insure funding under this agreement), the Hospital shall prepare a one-year cash budget for the operation of the ambulance service which is the subjec{ ef this agreement, and submit i% to the appropriate agent of the City and o~ the County. This ~udget shall set forth an amount requested from the City 'and an .....-,~unt' requested from the County. Thc budget will be reviewed by the parties and acconuno:]ations made if possible. }f nO .,' "'' be rc'~c'h,~d oi1 the ,:. p~.oDl ].atloll.~ fl01~l the -2- the City and/or County, therein by Dece..mber 1, terminate all services or on any other matter covered the.Hospital shall have the option to described herein on January 1, following. budget described herein shall take into account the following expenses ~:mong others: sa!aries, supplies, capital expenditures, and indirect ccs[.s, with a retroactive adjustment for all but indirect costs. Thc bud~ret shall ]mc]Al ~e CZcolt for fees and charges to be collected, with a reasonable bad debt allowance therefrom. 6. Payment of funds. The City and County shall cause to be paid over to the account of the Hospital funds provided for under approved budgets at such times as each shall find conven- ient, but not less than quarterly. 7. Term. The term-of this agreement shall be two (2) years from the effective date of this'agreement. budget periods herein shall cover calendar years 8. Binding effect. Once a budget, described in paragraph 5 has been approved by the Hospital and that same budget has been adopted by both the City and the County ali parties are bound to provide the services and pay over monies under the terms of that budget. The Hospital's option to terminate the provision of services under this agreement shall in no way affect the binding obligations of the agreement so long as ,tho p!rti, os are acting u::d.-~r an a~l'r,:.v~d budget. in' o~; -;.~',: c" ~ ':::' i , Sic{als who m:,y h,_: .~ }:, .~v s:cr"ing. The annual 1975 and 1976. -3- If c~(.h:.~r the. City or the County .~hall, by virtue of changed e~ec~ offAc, ,als,nok make payments un,~.~ . an, .pproved budgek, or indicate that J.~ will not~ Che Hospitml shall the option to discontinue "~ ~ ~' ' ~' ..... ~lce.~ upon thJ. J:ty (30) days notice to the oth2r parties. 9. ~.~[~!:!~zure. By subscribing this aqreement the parties represent to each other that they have heretofore enacted the ~.,~ alli~orl:,:~itlO~] ~]czcrJ. bed ih paragrarh x~.t.l.c.~-. Pa3. agrapn titles are for reference and are not part of this agreement. 11. EffectJ.ve date. The effective date of this agreement is IN N ,, ~ I,::.~.EO~, the parties have sa. gned this agreement Aspen, Colcrado. Chron., Board of County Com..z~szo ..... s of Pitkin County, Colorado Mayor, City of Aspen President, Board of Trustees of the Aspen Valley IIospital ..1 -4-