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11/14/2018
150-0-18
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 9-2-3 (B) of the Evanston City Code
Increasing Fire Department Transport Fees
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 9-2-3(B) of the Evanston City Code, adopted
2012, as amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows:
9-2-3: FEES CHARGED; USE OF EQUIPMENT.
(B) Both Nonresidents and Residents of the City of Evanston who have been
provided emergency ambulance transport service by the City shall be required to pay a
fee to the City, for each incident. All persons requiring transport to a hospital by the
Evanston Fire Department (or its designees) and related services hereafter defined,
shall be charged, per person, as follows:
BLS Transport $1,500
ALS Transport $1,500
ALS2 Transport $1,500
Mileage $10.00
Definitions:
BLS Transport: Transportation that requires Basic Life Support Service.
ALS Transport: Transportation that requires Advanced Life Support Service.
ALS2 Transport: Transportation that requires more extensive/invasive Advanced Life
Support Services.
Mileage: Charge per mile of transport in ambulance.
The City Manager and/or designee may waive or reduce the fees charged in Section 9-
2-3 if the individual demonstrates financial hardship. Waiver or reduction in fees shall
not create a precedent and performed at his/her sole discretion.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance 150-0-18 shall be in full force and effect on
January 1, 2019, after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
SECTION 5: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to
be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
Introduced: Id, , 2018
Adopted: ZeSQmbec 10 , 2018
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Counsel
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