RES NO 09-05-2009 CITY OF VAN BUREN_ ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. A 5 -2009
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF
SOUTHWEST EMS'S EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO
PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND NON EMERGENCY
SERVICES WITHIN THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF
VAN BUREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Van Buren Ordinances No. 08 -2006 and 14 -2006 authorized the City to award an
"exclusive franchise" for emergency, and non- emergency ambulance services, within
the corporate city limits, in accordance with the ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE
LICENSING AC'r, Ark. Code Ann. 14- 266 -102 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the City, at the recommendation of the Van Buren Ambulance Advisory Board,
awarded the exclusive franchise to Southwest EMS of Mena ("Southwest EMS
and entered into a Contract For Ambulance Service (`Contract dated December
18, 2006, to be in effect from January 1, 2007 through, December 31, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Contract, in Section IV, authorized and provided for the City Council to extend
said agreement for a period of one year, every year after the initial tern, for a period
of up to five years; and
WHEREAS, the Van Buren Ambulance Advisory Board had determined, by a unanimous vote,
after reviewing reports, records, and conducting a public hearing on August 17, 2009,
to consider renewal, that renewal of the Southwest EMS exclusive franchise is in the
best interest of the city of Van Buren and its citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The City of Van Buren, in accordance with Van Buren Ordinances No. 08 -2006 and
14 -2006, and Section IV of the Contract for Ambulance Service, hereby renew the
Southwest EMS's exclusive franchise, as it is in the best interest of the city of Van
Buren and its citizens.
SECTION 2. The City Attorney is hereby authorized by the City Council for the City of Van Buren
to take any and all appropriate action to enforce and effectuate this resolution, the
Contract, and the relevant Ordinances pertaining hereto, consistent with the
ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE LICENSING ACT, Ark. Code Ann. 14- 266 -102
el sey, as amended.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, by its City Council, did
pass, approve, and adopt, by a vote of for and 0 against. the foregoing Resolution at its
Regular Meeting held on the 21" day of September 2009
I ;is M
Robert D. Freema •or
ATTESTED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Barbie Curtis, City Clerk/Treasurer N. Do Id Jenki ts,_Cit?Attorney