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AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AREA METROPOLITAN AN~ULANCE
AUTHORITY INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth is a member jurisdiction of
the Area Metropolitan Ambulance Authority (the Authority) an
intergovernmental cooperative agency established by the Interlocal
Cooperative Agreement (the Agreement) dated April 12 1988 and
WHEREAS the Authority provides ambulance service in the City
of Fort Worth under its trade name MedStar and
WHEREAS the Agreement provides that members of the Authority
shall determine their MedStar subsidy level from the uniform
schedule of price/subsidy options by July 31 of each year to
become effective on August 1 of the following year thus .allowing
for a 12 month lag time in receivable collection and
WHEREAS the Authority has determined that due to its
current financial strength the 12 month lag time is no longer
necessary and has requested that the member jurisdictions amend
the Agreement to change the effective date of the annual subsidy
level determination to October 1 of the same year as well as make
the resulting rate adjustment effective on the same date and
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WHEREAS the requested change will allow the Authority s
rates and subsidies to be aligned with the fiscal year of the City
of Fort Worth as well as that of other member jurisdictions
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH TEXAS
1 That Section 5(e) of the Area Metropolitan Ambulance Authority
Interlocal Cooperative Agreement be amended to provide that member
jurisdictions select their subsidy level from the provided uniform
schedule of price/subsidy options by July 31 of each year with
the selected subsidy level subject to City Council approvals and
resulting price to become effective on October 1 of the same year
2 That the City Manager be authorized to execute an amendment of
the Interlocal Cooperative Agreement in conformity with this
Resolution after approval as to form and legality by the City
Attorney
PROVED AND ~D/yBY~THE FORT WORTH CITY COUNCIL ON THIS
THE DAY OF ~vY~ , 19 9 7
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City Secretary
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