HomeMy WebLinkAboutG61-09 • Ordinance No. G61-09
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 2.40 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976,
AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "EMERGENCY SERVICE"
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN; ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Chapter 2.40 of the Elgin Municipal Code. 1976, as amended; entitled
"Emergency Ambulance Service" be and is hereby amended by amending section 2.40.240.entitled
"Service Provided Only in Emergency Case" to read as follows:
"Emergency ambulance service provided by the fire department of the city shall be
provided only in cases of actual and extreme emergency to injured persons and only
for the purpose of transporting said persons to hospitals in accordance with written
protocols pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of 210 ILCS
50/3.20(c)(5), as amended."
Section 2. That Chapter 2.40 of the Elgin Municipal Code. 1976, as amended, entitled
"Emergency Ambulance Service"be and is hereby amended by amending Section 2.40.250;entitled
"Service Outside Corporate Limits" to read as follows:
• "The fire department of the city is authorized to provide ambulance service outside
the corporate limits of the city only in the event that no other ambulance service is
available,pursuant to a mutual aid agreement or automatic aid agreement or so as to
otherwise comply with the provisions of 210 ILCS 50/3.20(c)(5), as amended."
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and
publication in the manner provided by law.
Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: November 4. 2009 •
Passed: November 4; 2009 �osRUl
Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 7 Nays: 0
Recorded: November 5. 2009
Published: November 6. 2009
Attest: �
Diane Robertson, City Jerk