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i <br /> i <br /> ORD -2022 - 007 <br /> First Choice Medical Transport, LLC <br /> Franchise Ordinance <br /> An Ordinance granting a non- exclusive Franchise ("hereafter Franchise ") to First Choice <br /> Medical Transport, LLC , ("the Grantee ") to operate Emergency Medical Basic Life j <br /> Support Transportation Services and Convalescence Basic Life Support Transportation <br /> Services in Orange County, North Carolina . <br /> c <br /> WHEREAS , Orange County ("the Grantor") , desires to assure the availability of <br /> Emergency Medical and Convalescent Basic Life Support Transportation Services within <br /> the County; <br /> WHEREAS , the Grantor has , following reasonable notice, and after consideration, <br /> analysis and deliberation conducted public proceedings , during which proceedings the <br /> technical ability, financial condition, legal qualifications and general character of the <br /> Grantee were determined to be acceptable to receive a Franchise to conduct its Emergency <br /> Medical and Convalescence Basic Life Support Transportation Services ; <br /> is <br /> WHEREAS , the Grantor has determined that Grantee is entitled to have a non- <br /> exclusive Franchise granted, that a need exists for the Emergency Medical and <br /> Convalescent Basic Life Support Transportation Services contemplated herein to improve <br /> the level of services available to residents of Orange County, helping to assure the <br /> provisions of adequate and continuing services which preserves , protects , and promotes the <br /> public health safety and welfare, and that granting a Franchise to the Grantee is a cost <br /> effective and reasonable manner of meeting the need; <br /> WHEREAS , the Grantee desires to operate Emergency Medical and Convalescent <br /> Basic Life Support Transportation Services within the Grantor ' s jurisdiction; <br /> WHEREAS , the proposed Emergency Medical and convalescent Basic Life <br /> Support Transportation Services will fit within the existing services provided by the ; <br /> Orange County Emergency Services System so as not to adversely affect the level of <br /> services or operations of other Franchisees to render services and <br /> t <br /> WHEREAS , the procedures of N . C . Gen . Stat . § 153A-250 , § 153A-45 , and § 153A- <br /> 46 have been complied with . <br /> NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows : <br /> is <br /> Section 1 . Nature and Term of Grant <br /> a . The Grantor hereby grants the Grantee a non- exclusive Franchise to operate and <br /> maintain Emergency Medical and Convalescent Basic Life Support <br /> Transportation Services (be an EMS and Convalescent Services provider) in the <br /> Franchise District upon the terms and conditions set forth herein . <br /> i <br />