G-1628 Ordinance No. G-1628
AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That the Fire Department of the City of Elgin, Illinois,
is hereby authorized and directed to provide emergency ambulance service
to injured persons as soon as practicable following receipt of fully
equipped ambulances and adequate training of a sufficient number of
firemen to render such emergency service.
Section 2. That emergency ambulance service provided by the Fire
Department of the City of Elgin, Illinois, 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 located within the
City of Elgin, Illinois.
Section 3. The Fire Department of the City of Elgin is authorized
to provide ambulance service outside the corporate limits of the City of
Elgin only in the event that no other ambulance service is available.
Section 4. Persons receiving emergency ambulance service from the
Fire Department of the City of Elgin within the corporate limits of the
City of Elgin shall pay the sum of $35 for said service.
Section 5. Persons receiving emergency ambulance service from the
Fire Department of the City of Elgin outside the corporate limits of the
City of Elgin shall pay the sum of $50 for said service.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage in the manner provided by law and shall be published
in pamphlet form by authority of the City Council.
W. E. Rauschenberger (Signature)
W. E. Rauschenberger, Mayor
Presented: September 26, 1973
Passed: September 26, 1973
Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded: September 26, 1973
Published: September 26, 1973
Attest:
Margaret A. Clink, CStyn(:lerk)