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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 20, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Second Reading: Emergency Services Franchise by Ordinance for Johnston <br />Ambulance Service, Inc. <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />• Johnston Ambulance Franchise <br />Application (First Four Pages - <br />Full Document Available for <br />Review in the Clerk to the <br />Board's Office) <br />• JAS Franchise Agreement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Montes de Oca, Emergency <br />Services Director, 245-6100 <br />Annette Moore, Staff Attorney, 245-2317 <br />PURPOSE: To approve on Second Reading the granting of a franchise by ordinance to <br />Johnston Ambulance Service, Inc. (JAS) -the Franchise Agreement under which it will operate. <br />BACKGROUND: On April 6, 2010, the Board held a public hearing to determine the need for <br />potential ambulance services to be provided by Johnston Ambulance Services in accordance <br />with North Carolina General Statute § 153A-250(a). After taking comments from the public, the <br />Board found that it was necessary to franchise ambulance services to assure the provision of <br />adequate and continuing services and to preserve, protect, and promote the public health, <br />safety, and welfare. Once the Board determines that ambulance services are necessary, it may <br />by ordinance franchise ambulance services. However, "no ordinance making a grant, renewal, <br />extension, or amendment of any franchise may be finally adopted until it has been passed at <br />two regular meetings of the Board of Commissioners. No such grant, renewal, extension, or <br />amendment may be made except by ordinance."' <br />The Board subsequently approved on First Reading the granting of a franchise by ordinance to <br />Johnston Ambulance Service, Inc. on April 6, 2010. <br />Johnston Ambulance Service, Inc. (JAS) has applied for Orange County Franchise under the <br />2010 Franchise Ordinance. The application indicates JAS is applying to provide the following <br />services: <br />• Convalescent Transport Services, BLS Transport <br />• Emergency Services, BLS Transport <br />N.C. Gen. Stat. 153A-46 <br />