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RESOLUTION 1652 - 4/12/84
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and
directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock an Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement between the City of Lubbock and the Lubbock County
Hospital District for emergency medical services, attached herewith which
shall be spread upon the minutes of the Council and as spread upon the
minutes of this Council shall constitute and be a part of this Resolution
as if fully copied herein in detail.
Passed by the City Council this 12th day o
ATTEST:
LEvelynedlaf=f a, City Secret r reasurer
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Jim agg, Depu —yCit ger
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ohn C. Ross, Jr., City'Attorney
f April , 1984.
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RESOLUTION 1652 - 4/12/84
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
§ EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK §
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 12th day of
April , 1984, by and between the City of Lubbock,
a home rule municipal corporation of Lubbock County, Texas
("City"), and the Lubbock County Hospital District, a political
subdivision of the State of Texas ("Hospital").
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock as a home rule municipal
corporation has certain privileges and duties placed upon it by
the Laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, including, but
not limited to, the protection of the health, safety and welfare
of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Lubbock County Hospital District, as a politi-
cal subdivision of the State of Texas, created pursuant to
Article IX, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution and pursuant to
Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., art. 4494q, and House Bill No. 878, 60th
Legislature --Regular Session, page 1095, Ch. 484, Session Laws,
under and by virtue of which it is authorized to furnish hospital
and medical care to the residents of Lubbock County, including
those within the City of Lubbock pursuant to which the Hospital
�i has established an Emergency Medical Services.Division ("EMS").
WHEREAS, Hospital has established and is operating emergency
medical stations in various locations within the City of Lubbock
at the present time; and
WHEREAS, there presently exists a need for skilled emergency
medical services within the City of Lubbock at all times of the
day to respond to requests by the City's Police and Fire Depart-
ments for emergency medical assistance in connection with
automobile accidents, fires and other types of emergency situa-
tions with personal injuries reported to the City's Police and
Fire Departments; and
WHEREAS, the Hospital, through its EMS Division, has such
skilled emergency medical services available within the City of
Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., art. 4413(32c), provides for
interlocal cooperation agreements between cities and political
subdivisions of the State of Texas in order to promote efficiency
and effectiveness in local government operations; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock and the
j Board of Managers of Lubbock County Hospital District deem it to
be in the best interest of their respective citizens to enter
into an interlocal cooperation agreement pertaining to emergency
medical services; NOW, THEREFORE:
W I T N E S S E T H:
1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this agreement is to obtain
for the citizens of the City prompt emergency medical services
which comply with the "Emergency Medical Services Act", Senate
Bill No. -385, 68th Legislature --Regular Session, page 2987, Ch.
516, Session Laws, at all times upon request for such services
being made by the City Police and Fire Departments and to provide
the fullest possible utilization of equipment and manpower of the
Hospital's EMS Division so as to enable both governmental
entities to more efficiently and effectively carry out its
governmental duties in the interest of the health, safety and
welfare of their respective citizens.
2. TERM. This agreement shall be for a term of one year,
beginning April 12, 1984 and ending Aprij 1 1 F 1985 ; and
it shall be automatically extended for successive one-year;
periods unless either party shall at least thirty (30) days prior
to the expiration of any one-year period, give notice of termina-
tion to the other party; and upon such notice being given, the
agreement shall terminate at the end of that current one-year
r period. Any payments made by either party hereunder shall be
made from current revenues.
3. DUTIES OF HOSPITAL. The. Hospital agrees to provide
emergency medical services within the City of Lubbock at the
request of the City Police and Fire Department at all times of
day, which emergency medical services shall comply with all
standards and rules promulgated under the "Emergency Medical
Services Act" of the State of Texas now existing or hereinafter
adopted and to maintain sufficient equipment and staffing to meet
the requirements of this agreement at all times.
4. DUTIES OF CITY. The City agrees to the following:
(a) To request the Hospital EMS Division to respond in
all instances in which the City, its Police or Fire Department is
notified that emergency medical units are needed at all times of
the day or night.
(b) Encourage periodic cross -training between the Fire
Department, Police Department and the Hospital with regard to
communications, radio, dispatch and emergency communications.
(c) Maintain all communication systems in place and
operating upon the date of execution of this agreement.
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5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the
City from obtaining emergency medical assistance from other
sources in the event that all available Hospital EMS Units are in
use: City is informed by hospital that it has no EMS units
available to meet City requests or in the event of dire emergency
or public calamity.
6. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. It is agreed and understood by the
parties hereto that this contract embodies the entire agreement
of the parties hereto and this contract may not be enlarged,
modified or altered except by written instrument signed and
endorsed by the parties hereto.
APPROVED this 12th day of April , 1984.
LUBBOCK COUNT' -,Wr'SPI4-9 D;VrRICT:
DON McINTURFF, CHAIRM
BOARD OF MANAGERS
ATTEST-
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CITY OF BBOCK:
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ATTEST:
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COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVAL
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Rodrick L.Shaw, Judge
ATTEST:
Lubbock County Clerk
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LGH,
LubbockGeneralHospital
December 14, 1988
Larry Cunningham
City Manager, City of Lubbock
1625 13th St.
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Dear Mr. Cunningham:
- The purpose of this letter is to document our conversations
regarding the Emergency Medical Services Interlocal
Agreement that exists between the City of Lubbock and the
Lubbock County Hospital District (copy attached) and to
clarify the role of the soon to be implemented 9-1-1
Emergency Communication service as it relates to this
agreement. In summary, my understanding of our verbal
agreement is as follows:
1. The establishment of the 9-1-1 Emergency Communication
System, as it relates to the dispatching of Emergency
Medical Services vehicles, is in concert with the
purpose of the interlocal agreement which is to "enable
both governmental entities to more efficiently and
effectively carry out its governmental duties in the
interest of the health, safety, and welfare of their
respective citizens."
2. The Emergency Communication System protocol currently
designed for implementation provides that all -9-1-1
emergency calls received by the City of Lubbock Public
Service Answering Point (PSAP) which request Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) will be automatically routed to
the Lubbock County Hospital District EMS Dispatch
Center.
3. As*the central coordinating point for EMS Services for
both the City and County of Lubbock, EMS Dispatch
personnel will be responsible for determining the most
available and appropriate Emergency Medical resources to
dispatch for each request and will effect such dispatch
in an appropriate and expeditious manner.
4. The interlocal agreement between the City of Lubbock and
i the Lubbock County Hospital District is viewed by both
parties to include the 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Services
dispatch function and as a consequence, the City of
Lubbock agrees to refer all requests for EMS services
received by its PSAP to the Lubbock County Hospital
District EMS Dispatch Center, The Hospital District in
602 Indiana Avenue PO Box 5980
Lubbock, Texas 79417-5980 806 743-3111
Lubbock County Hospital District
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turn agrees to perform such EMS Dispatching functions in
a manner which will best serve the health and welfare
needs of the populous, in accordance with the terms of
this agreement and the interlocal agreement.
If you agree with this clarification of the EMS Interlocal
Agreement, please indicate so by signing in the space
provided below. Two original copies have been prepared so
that you may keep one to append to the original agreement
while returning the other to me for my files.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter. We look
forward to our continued productive working relationship and
to the positive impact that the implementation of the 9-1-1
system will have on our community.
Sincerely,
tresiAent-and-ebief
P. Co y Date
Executive
icer
Lubbock County Hospital
District
AGREED:
Larry nning at
City Manager
City of Lubbock