CC RESOLUTION 4278RESOLUTION NO. 4278
A. RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDED RATE
SCHEDULE FOR RECOVERING FIRE DEPARTMENT
PARAMEDIC TRANSPORT COSTS.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of El Segundo as follows:
SECTION L. The City Council finds as follows:
A. The City currently has a Rate Schedule for paramedic transport services that
applies only to non - residents.
B. Following a review of paramedic transport costs, it is in the public interest to
adjust transport rates in order to recover a greater amount of such costs.
C. To recover more of the ever - increasing paramedic transport costs, it is in the
public interest to seek recovery from City residents. Residents should, and will,
be credited for contributing to the construction and maintenance of public safety
infrastructure and services.
D. Pursuant to Government Code § 66016, the City made data available regarding the
cost, or estimated cost, of providing the paramedic transportation costs on or before
October 27, 2002, ten days before the public hearing held on November 6, 2002.
E. On November 6, 2002, the City Council heard public testimony and considered
evidence in a public hearing held and noticed in accordance with Government Code
§ 66016.
SECTION � City Manager Authorization. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to
adopt Administrative Policies and Procedures that implement the purpose of this Resolution.
SECTTON 3: The Schedule of Fire Department Paramedic Transportation Rates. Attached
as Exhibit "A" and incorporated into this Resolution as if fully set forth is the approved and adopted
schedule of Fire Department Paramedic Transportation Rates.
SECTION 4: Exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act. This Resolution is
exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§
21000, et seq.; "CEQA ") and CEQA regulations (Cal. Code Regs. Title 14, §§ 15000, et seq.)
because it establishes, modifies, structures, restructures, and approves rates and charges for
meeting operating; expenses; purchasing supplies, equipment, and materials; meeting financial
requirements; and obtaining funds for capital projects needed to maintain service within existing
service areas. This Resolution, therefore, is categorically exempt from further CEQA review
under Cal. Code Regs. Title 14, § 15273.
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SECTION 5., Effective Date of this Resolution. Pursuant to Government Code § 66017, this
Resolution will become effective sixty (60) days after adoption and will remain in effect unless
repealed or superseded.
SECTION 6, The City Clerk Certification. The City Clerk will certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution; will enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and
will make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the record of proceedings of the City
Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6t1'day of November � 2002.
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Mike Gordon,
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Cindy M esen, City Clerk
APPROVED AS
Mark D. Hensler
By:
Karl H. Berger
Assistant City A,
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
resolution, being RESOLUTION NO. 4278 was duly passed and adopted by the said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said
City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 6th day of November , 2002,
and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, McDowell, Wernick
NOES: None
ABSENT: Gaines
ABSTENTION: None
NOT PARTICIPATING: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 6th— day of
November ,2002.
Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk
Of the City of El Segundo,
California
(SEAL)
3.
*Paramedic Transport for Residents
and Non - Residents
ALS Transport
BLS Transport
(erode 3
Mileage
Oxygen
EXHIBIT "A"
$627.25 per transport
$438.25 per transport
$77.00 per transport
$12.25
(per mile or fraction thereof)
$42.50
(for oxygen therapy administration)
Increase
Increase
No Change
Increase
Increase
*In recognition of taxes currently paid to the City of El Segundo by residents, we will only bill Medicare, Medi -Cal, Medicaid, and Private Insurance
Companies for resident transports
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