80-6263R19
RESOLUTION NO. 6263
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE
REQUEST FOR AN EMERGENCY AMBULANCE BASE STATION
TO SERVICF. 'THE CITY OF RICHFIELD, MIN'~1ESOTA
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield has a vital interest in
availability and economic provision of ambulance services
to the residents of the City of Richfield, and
WHEREAS, the taxpayers of the City of Richfield are presently
providing financial support for the many operations of
the Hennepin County Medical Center, and
[•WHEREAS, the Richfield City Council in regular session
on September 27, 1976; August 8, 1977; and March 10, 1980,
has formally initiated requests far the extension of exist-
ing Hennepin County ambulance service to the City of Richfield,
and
WHEREAS, the Richfield City Council has examined the
currently pending application. for the establishment of an
emergency ambulance base station within the City of .Richfield
by the Hennepin County Medical Center, and
WHEREAS, the Richfield City Council did enter testimony
in support of such license at the public hearing conducted by
the Metropolitan Health Board on March 19, 1980, and
WHEREAS, the Richfield City Council has been informed that
another public hearing shall be conducted by the Metropolitan
Health Board to consider a license application by the Smith
Ambulance Service to continue, as a private vendor, their pro-
vision of emergency ambulance service to the City of Richfield,
and
WHEREAS, the Richfield City Council has set a high priority
for the delivery of quality emergency medical assistance to the
citizens of the city and desires to assure that the service is
provided at the maximum cost benefit to all citizens.
NOW., THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the city council of the
City of Richfield:h~s.h~ereby adopted a resolution of support for
ti`1e pending license application of the Hennepin County Medical
Center to provide an emergency ambulance base station to service
the citizens of Richfield, and does hereby request that the
Metropolitan Health Board reject the pending license application
by the Smith Ambulance Company to provide emergency ambulance
service to the City of Richfield. This resolution is consistent
with the official position taken by the city over the past four
years and does not negatively reflect upon the quality of service
provided by the Smith Ambulance Company, but rather recognizes
the economic disadvantage to the taxpayers of the community in
supporting a county ambulance system while at the same time
utilizing the services •of a private vendor and thereby increasing
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the cost of such services'to the citizens who must use this
vital emergency medical slervice.
Passed by the city coluncil of the City of Richfield, this
28th day of July, 1980. '~,
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