City of Albuquerque - File #: O-17-31

• File #: O-17-31
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/4/2017
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/6/2017
• Enactment date: 2/24/2017
• Enactment #: O-2017-001
• Title: Amending The Health, Safety, And Sanitation Ordinance (Jones, by request)
• Sponsors: Trudy E. Jones

Date	Action By	Action	Result
2/24/2017	City Clerk	Published
2/24/2017	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
2/17/2017	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
2/6/2017	City Council	Amended	Pass
2/6/2017	City Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
1/18/2017	City Council	Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass
1/9/2017	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass	Pass
1/4/2017	City Council	Introduced and Referred
1/4/2017	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SECOND COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-17-31 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Trudy Jones, by request


ORDINANCE
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Amending The Health, Safety, And Sanitation Ordinance (Jones, by request)
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AMENDING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SANITATION ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The Health, Safety, and Sanitation Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:
? 9-4-4-1 SHORT TITLE.
Sections 9-4-4-1 et seq. may be cited as the "Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Ordinance."
? 9-4-4-2 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(A) The City Council finds that:
(1) The EMS system provides a satisfactory level of service to the community at present.
(2) The EMS system should be based on objectively stated and measurable performance standards and monitored by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (hereinafter "AHJ").
(3) The 911 Emergency System is a basic governmental function providing emergency responses through the City Police and City Fire Departments.
(4) The City, through its 911 System, is the focal point for the receipt of requests for emergency transport of sick and injured persons within the City.
(5) The City, through its 911 System, is the focal point for the dispatch of responses to requests for emergency transport of sick and injured persons within the city.
(6) In order to provide satisfactory emergency transport of sick and injured persons within the City, it is necessary to establish a procedure for ambulance transport service under contract with the City.
(7) The provisions of this Ordinance and any regulations promulgated pursuant to this Ordinance are in addition to those standards and/or requirements promulgated by the state agencies as the standards and/or requirements for ambulance services and prehospital providers, which as minimum standards may not be sufficient for the requisite standard of care in the city.
(8) The E...