HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2009-110-O-09Effective Date: December 315, 2009
11 /17/2009
11 /9/2009
110-0-09
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
1979, 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:
City Resident Non -City Resident
BLS Transport
$
362.00
$
500.00
ALS Transport
$
429.00
$
550.00
ALS2 Transport
$
621.00
$
700.00
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.
The City of Evanston shall also assess a Medicare allowable mileage fee of $7.00 per
mile. Due to short transport driving distances for Evanston ambulance transport calls, it
shall be assumed each transport incident at one mile for a total fixed fee of $7.00 per
transport incident.
110-0-09
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall become effective March 1, 2010
after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced.-)-)QA.hrtkr A , 2009
Adopted: DtLU L P F 1( , 2009
Approved:
2009
Eliiketh B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Atte Approve s to form:
Rodney ene, City Clerk ` UElke B. Tober-Purze
Deputy City Attorney
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