HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-06-23 - Special City CouncilSPECIAL SESSION - MONDAY
JUNE 239 1975
CHAMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL, CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
The City Council met in Special Session Monday, June 23, 1975 at 10 :00 A.M.
in the Chamber of the City Council, City Hall, City of Stephenville, Texas, with
Mayor Donald R. Jones present and presiding. Councilmen Jim Chambers, Charles
Riggins, Raymond Anderson, Jesse Sexton, Larry Hammett and Neal Guthrie were
present. Councilmen W. M. Irwin and Roy McCoy were absent.
Others attending the meeting were City Administrator Marshall Shelton,
Administrative Aide Kurt Ackermann, City Secretary Joyce Pemberton and County
Commissioners Jimmie F. Grissom, L. D. Elmore, A. L. Davis and Andrew W. Rasberry.
Mayor Jones explained that the purpose of this meeting was to discuss with
Don Selman and Tim Samsill of Fort Worth, Texas, their proposal of an Emergency
Ambulance Service on a franchise or contract basis with the City and County at
a cost of $25,000 per year, split on a 50 -50 basis between the City and the County.
Mayor Jones also explained that in the near future, the federal and state
ambulance regulations were going to make it impractical to keep the ambulance
service in the Police Dept., as it is at the present time.
Mr. Tim Samsill came before the Council explaining that they were proposing
to perform emergency ambulance service to Stephenville and Erath County for a
period of two years, subject to acceptance of a contract.
Mr. Samsill stated that they would like to leave the charges as they are now
set up at $25.00 per call in the city limits and $25.00 plus $1.00 per mile out
of the city limits. Charges on transfer calls out of county would be based on
mileage and in county would be $25.00 per call.
Mayor Jones explained that, if this were a franchise or contract, he would
want the rates to be charged controlled by the City and County. The rates to be
set forth in the contract and they would have to come before the Council for an
increase in rates and also have ani" annual audit of the books.
After considerable discussion, Mayor Jones requested Mr. Samsill to provide
the Council and Commissioners with an estimeted itemized sta- tement of what the
costs would be on a monthly or annual basis and.an estimate of their revenue
based on the number of emergency calls, the number of transfers, etc. Also give
an estimated budget as to how the $25,000 subsidy.would fit into your revenue
and expenses on a monthly or annual basis.
City Administrator Shelton suggested giving some thought to the possibility
of having the emergency ambulance service office located in the new fire station,
as this would save quite a bit on their expenses and might cut down on the amount
of subsidy needed.
Mayor Jones asked Mr. Shelton to get an estimate of what our revenue is, what
our collection rate is and what our expenses are.
It was the consensus of the Council and the Commissioner's to appoint committees
from the Council and Commissioners to pursue this proposal further, to contact
Dublin to see if they might be interested in participating and meet on Wednesday
for furhter discussion.
There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 11:30 A.M.
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