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F J`Zltv <br /> 0 <br /> 5 <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE COUNTY 17 <br /> ORDINANCE 2004 <br /> EMS SERVICES FRANCHISE �rfCato ,% <br /> An Ordinance granting a non-exclusive Franchise ("hereafter <br /> Franchise,") to Orange EMS & Rescue Squad, . Inc. , 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-exclusive 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. <br /> level of service or <br /> operations of other Franchisees to render service; and <br />