HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-2384 ordORDINANCE NO. 80-2384
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I, SECTION 5-3 RATES, CHAPTER 5
OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, INCREASING
THE CHARGE FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, Section 5-3, Rates, Article I, Chapter 5, City Code of
the City of Plainview, Texas, provides that the holder of a
franchise granted for the purpose of operating ambulances within
the city limits may charge not to exceed rates as follows:
(a) Hospital transfers, per call
(b) Emergency calls, per call
$25.00
$30.00
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, has
determined it would be in the best interest of the public that
the maximum amount charged for ambulance services should be
increased as follows:
(a) Hospital transfers, per call $35.00
(b) Emergency calls, per call $40.00
NOW THEREFORE BE IT~ ORDAIiNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLAINVIEW, TEXAS:
SECTION 5-3 RATES, ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 5, City Code of the City
of Plainview, Texas, shall be and the same is hereby amended as
follows to-wit:
SEC. 5-3. RATES.
The holder of a franchise granted for the purpose of operating
ambulances in the city may charge not to exceed rates as follows:
(a) Hospital transfers, per call $35.00
(b) Emergency calls, per call $40.00
(Ord. No. 72-1305, ~ 1, 12-18-72)
The necessity to increase the maximum rates for ambulance
service without delay creates an emergency and an imperative
public necessity for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, safety and general welfare, requiring that any
rule necessitating more than one reading thereof, be
and the same are hereby suspended; and this Ordinance shall be
passed and take effect as an emergency measure and be in full
force from and take effect as an emergency measure and be in
full force from and after its passage as provided by law and it
is so ordained. '
PASSED this the 22nd ?ay of __.J..anuary , A.D. 1980, by
unanimous vote of the City uouncil of the City of Plainview, Texas.
APPROVED this the ~ day of ___~anuary , A.D. 1980.