Resolution 1994-679
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RESOumON NO. ~
RESOumON APPROVING USER FEES FOR COWER COUNTY
PROVIDED AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
PURSUANT TO COWER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 94- ~
WHEREAS, Collier County Emergency Medical Services (hereinafter sometimes referred to as
"EMSj provides emergency health care servIces to the residents and visitors of Collier County; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Emergency Medical Services operating budget Is funded exclusively
through ad valorem taxes and user fees; and
WHEREAS, Collier County staff analysis of the costs for emergency medical services and programs
requires an adjustment to the user fees for services to better serve the residents and vIsitors of Collier
County; and
WHEREAS, Collier County Ordinance No. 94-...1L provides that user fees for emergency medical
services may be established by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners (hereInafter sometimes
referred to as "the Boardj.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TI-lE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COWER COUNTY, flORIDA that:
SECTION J: EMS USER FEES
The following fees shall be charged for County-provided ambulance and emergency medical services:
USER FEE
EMS AMBULANCE TRANSPORT BASE RATE
CHARGE
$250.00
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B. SPECIAL EVENTS:
(1) TWO MEDICS/ONE VEHICLE PER HOUR
(2) ONE MEDIC/NO VEHICLE PER HOUR
CERTIFIED DOCUMENT (PER PAGE MINIMUM)
$ 75.00
$ 40.00
C.
$ 1.00
SECTION II: ADJUSTMENT OF EMS USER FEES '
In recognition of potential market fluctuations forthe costs of County-provIded ambulance and EMS
services, user fees may be modified, added or deleted by Resolution of the Board from the effective date
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of this ResolutIon.
SECTION Ill: WAIVER OF EMS USER FEES
Pursuant to Ordinance No. 94-~, and from the effective date of this ResolutIon, user fees for
EMS ambulance stand-by services for the following community special events shall be waived as the Board
finds that a valid pUblic purpose Is hereby established In recognition of !hfllr charitable conlrlbutlons back
to the community: 1. Collier County Fair; 2. Everglades Seafood Festival; 3. Senior PGA Golf T oumament;
4. LPGA Golf Tournament: 5, Immokalee Horse Trials.
The cost Incurred by EMS to provide ambulance stand-by servIce for the above mentioned
community events shall be reimbursed to EMS from the County's general fund directly to EMS.
SECTION tv: ADOFTlON AND EFFECTlVE DATE
This Resolution shall become effective on October 1, 1994.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
this ~ day of, Sept.
,1994.
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DWIGHT E. BROCK,<CLERK
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Assistant County Attorney
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