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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 21, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - b <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to the EMS Franchise Agreement entitled "An Ordinance <br />Regulating Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Service and <br />Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators In the County of Orange" <br />DEPARTMENTS: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />County Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendments to "An Ordinance <br />Regulating Emergency Medical, First <br />Responder and Rescue Service and <br />Granting of Franchise and Contracts to <br />the Operators In the County of Orange" <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Montes de Oca, Emergency <br />Services, 245-6100 <br />Annette M. Moore, Staff Attorney, <br />245-2317 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving amendments to the EMS Franchise Ordinance entitled, "An <br />Ordinance Regulating Ambulance and Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue <br />Services and Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators In the County of Orange." <br />BACKGROUND: On April 20, 1993, in accordance with G.S. 153A-250, the Board held a <br />public hearing to consider replacing "An Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Ambulance <br />Services and the Administration of Emergency Medical Assistance in Orange County, North <br />Carolina" (EMS Franchise Ordinance), which had been effective since May 1, 1981, with an <br />updated EMS franchise ordinance governing ambulances and other services. As provided by <br />the statute, the Board found the franchising of ambulance services "was necessary to do so to <br />assure the provision of adequate and continuing ambulance service." The then existing EMS <br />franchise ordinance was replaced with the current ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance Regulating <br />Ambulance and Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Services and Granting of <br />Franchise and Contracts to the Operators In the County of Orange" on April 20, 1993. Since <br />1993, the EMS Franchise Ordinance has not been updated. In the intervening years, there <br />have been changes in terminology as well as changes in both the statute and regulations <br />governing these services. <br />These amendments will update and add terminology to the EMS Franchise Ordinance to make <br />it consistent with the existing authority granted to the County by state law and regulations <br />including, but not limited to, the following: <br />