RESOLUTION NO. 24-136
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A REVISED AMBULANCE TRANSPORT FEE RATE AND ADOPTION SCHEDULE AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 16-31, AS IT RELATES TO AMBULANCE TRANSPORT FEES WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adjust the City’s emergency ambulance service fees for full cost recovery as authorized by Charter 8 of the Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the maximum allowable emergency ground ambulance rates are established by the Orange County Health Care Agency and are related to and do not exceed the cost of providing ambulance transport services; and WHEREAS, on May 17, 2016, City Council adopted resolution No. 16-31 providing for the adoption of Orange County Health Care Agency Maximum Emergency Ground Ambulance Rates effective January 1 of each year; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Health Care Agency has received approval from the Orange County Board of Supervisors to adjust emergency ambulance service rates effective July 1, 2024; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Health Care Agency’s schedule for updating emergency ambulance service rates is typically July 1 of every year; and WHEREAS, on September 3, 2024, the City held a duly noticed public hearing regarding the proposed ambulance rates.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and incorporated fully herein.
SECTION 2. That Resolution 16-31 and any other resolution in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and of no further force or effect.
SECTION 3. That all the fees set forth in the fee schedule as set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein fully by this reference are less than or equal to the estimated cost of providing the service for which the fee or service charge is levied and are hereby approved and established.
SECTION 4. That the ambulance transport fees set forth in Exhibit “A” shall be adopted automatically by the City of San Clemente July 1 of each year or other effective date established and adopted by the Orange County Health Care Agency and approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors in the amounts so approved and adopted except that a $200.00 discount per transport will be applied to San Clemente residents for Basic Life Support and Advance Life Support transportation fees.
SECTION 5. That all established charge types will be incorporated and adopted automatically by the City of San Clemente July 1 of each year or other effective date established and adopted by the Orange County Health Care Agency and approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors in the amounts so approved and adopted.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of September, 2024.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City of San
San Clemente, California Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 24-136 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of September 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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