Resolution 8820006.050.196
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08/19/97
RESOLUTION NO. 882
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, EXPRESSING ITS INTENT
WITH REGARD TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE 1997
BUDGET AND THE PREPARATION OF THE BUDGETS FOR
1998, 1999 AND A PORTION OF THE YEAR 2000, IN ORDER
TO DEFRAY THE COSTS OF TRANSPORT FEES CREATED
BY THE MEDIC 7 BOARD ON BEHALF OF ITS CITIZENS.
WHEREAS, the Medic 7 Board has created a transport fee on Advanced Life
Support Service in order to defray additional costs incurred in the provision of such services;
and
WHEREAS, some communities have elected to defray the transport fee on behalf
of their citizens by direct payment of those fees while other communities such as Edmonds have
sought to maximize other available resources by recouping costs of transport fees through
insurers and such other resources such as Medicaid and Medicare, thereby maximizing the total
revenues available for governmental purposes and thereby avoid tax increases; and
WHEREAS, in order to encourage the passage of the Emergency Medical Services
(EMS) levy and resolve concerns expressed by its citizens and by members of its Fire
Department, the City Council wishes to state its intent regarding the transport fee to defray
transport costs for its citizens so long as it may reasonably do so within the revenues available
to it; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council understands and acknowledges that it cannot bind
the hands of future Councilmembers during the budget process but wishes to state its good faith
intent to the citizens, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby expresses its intent to commence payment
of transportation fee costs relating to Advanced Life Support transport effective November 1,
1997, and to prepare the ordinances and other documents necessary to commence defraying such
costs on said date. Further, the City Council states its intent in the annual budget process to
prepare budgets for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000 in order to defray such transportation costs
within the limits of the revenues. available to it and to make a good faith, effort. to obtain and
appropriate full funding for- such transportation fee costs through June 30, 2000, without the use
of a user paid transport fee. The City Council further requests that the Mayor, in the
preparation of her annual budget report, include sufficient sums to defray transport fees on
behalf of Edmonds citizens and to continue to defray the costs of transport fees for its citizens
for the defined period.
Section 2. This Resolution of Intent is enacted in good faith by the City Council
of the City of Edmonds based upon the representations of those persons now opposing transport
fees that they will make every good faith effort to support passage of an EMS levy including a
mailer to those persons who executed the initiative petition urging their support for the levy on
September 16, 1997 primary or the general election set for November, 1997, should it be
necessary to again place the matter on the ballot. The City Council understands and
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acknowledges the difficulty of passing a levy at the September primary due to the large
number of voters required by statute to enact a levy and the relatively low turn -out
inherent at a primary election. This Resolution of Intent is conditioned upon passage of
an EMS levy for calendar years 1998 to 2003.
RESOLVED this 19th day of August, 1997.
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ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 08/19/97
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 08/19/97
RESOLUTION NO. 882
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