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r'~"'- ,~ <br />.28 fyj <br />a~` ` ~o <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE CODNTY <br />ORD=NANCB 2004 - <br />EMS SERVICES FRANC$ISE <br />®ta ~ ~~t~ <br />~~ ~~Cb`~ <br />An Ordinance granting a non-exclusive Franchise ("hereafter <br />Franchise°) to Orange EMS & Rescue Squad,.2nc., a North <br />Carolina Non-Profit Corporation ("the Grantee") to operate <br />EMS Services in Orange County, North Carolina. <br />WHEREAS, Orange County, ("the Grantor"), desires to <br />assure the availability of EMS Services within the County; <br />WHEREAS, the Grantor has, following reasonable notice, <br />and after consideration, analysis and' deliberation <br />conducted public proceedings, during which proceedings the <br />technical ability, financial condition, legal qualification <br />and general character of the Grantee were determined to be <br />acceptable to receive a Franchise to conduct its EMS <br />Services; <br />WHEREAS, the Grantor also has considered and analyzed <br />the qualifications of the Grantee and found the Grantee <br />meets applicable Orange County and North Carolina State <br />standards related to the provision~of EMS Services; ~ . <br />WHEREAS, the Grantor has determined that Grantee is <br />entitled to have a non-eacclus'ive Franchise granted, that a <br />need exists for the 'EMS Services contemplated .herein to <br />improve the level of service available to residents of <br />Orange County, helping to assure the provision of adequate <br />and continuing service which preserves, protects, and <br />promotes the public health safety and welfare, and that <br />granting a Franchise to~the Grantee is a cost effective and <br />reasonable manner of meeting the need; <br />WHEREAS, the Grantee desires to operate EMS Services <br />within the Grantor's jurisdiction; . <br />WHEREAS, the proposed EMS Services will fit within the <br />existing services provided by the Orange~County EMS system <br />so as not to adversely affect the, level of service or <br />operations of other Franchisees to render service; and <br />S-f ~ <br />1 <br />