[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota
as Ch. 9 of the 1998 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An individual whose place of residency is located within
the corporate boundaries of the City of Mendota.
An individual whose place of residency is neither within
the corporate limits of the City of Mendota nor within the boundaries
of the Mendota - Troy Grove Rural Fire Protection District.
An individual (person) who is transported from one location
to another by the Mendota Ambulance Service.
An individual whose place of residency is located within
the boundaries of the Mendota - Troy Grove Rural Fire Protection District.
[Amended by Ord. No. 03-29-01; Ord. No. 01-17-05; Ord. No. 06-02-08A; Ord. No. 05-02-11A; Ord. No. 04-06-15A; Ord. No. 04-18-16D; Ord. No. 06-01-20A; Ord. No. 03-15-21; Ord.
No. 01-17-22; Ord. No. 02-07-22; Ord. No. 03-21-22; Ord. No. 03-21-22A]
B.
Fire and ambulance additional costs.
(1)
Each patient (user) shall be subject to a charge for the use of nonredeemable
supplies used in the care of said patient as follows:
(a)
Oxygen: $100.
(b)
Extra attendant: $50 per hour.
(c)
DOA transport: $375.
(d)
Truck charge (per vehicle): $250 per hour.
(e)
Workforce (per person): $70 per hour.
(f)
"Light-duty" truck charge (per vehicle): $125 per hour.
(g)
"Light-duty" workforce (per person): $35 per hour.
(h)
Intercept calls: $200; requesting agency pays for supplies.
(i)
DUI charge: $1,000.
(j)
Treat/nontransport calls shall be $175 per call plus charges
for supplies used.
C.
Nonemergency
medical assistance fee. If Mendota Fire Department responds to a call
for assistance at an assisted-living, skilled nursing or similar institutional
residence facility to provide nonemergency assistance for a person
who does not require any emergency medical services but only needs
assistance, such as the lifting of a patient, the following charges
will apply:
D.
False fire
alarms.
(1)
Fee.
Any person, firm or corporation having a fire alarm of fire sensor
shall be charged a fee of $250 for the second false alarm and a fee
of $500 for each subsequent false alarm of fire responded to by the
Mendota Fire Department during any twelve-month period.
(2)
Waiver of fee. If the possessor of the fire alarm or fire sensor establishes to the satisfaction of the Mendota City Council a reasonable explanation for why the fee provided for in Subsection D(1) above should not be imposed, the Mendota City Council shall have the authority to waive the fees set forth in § 29-2D(1) of the Mendota Municipal Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 04-06-15A; Ord. No. 04-18-16D; Ord. No. 02-07-22]
The rates or charges herein established shall be collected from
the person to whom the ambulance service is rendered, and in the case
of such person being a minor, then the person responsible for payment
will be his or her parents or legal guardian.
[Added by Ord. No. 02-07-22]
Employees shall record all charges for each patient in a timely
manner and deliver said list of charges to the billing company of
record.
Bills for ambulance services are rendered due and payable to
the City Clerk, City of Mendota, Illinois on the date of rendition
thereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 9.06 of the 1998 Code,
Discontinuance of service, which immediately followed this section,
was repealed by Ord. No. 04-06-15A.
On the first day of April each year, the City Clerk shall prepare
and submit to the City Council a list of all ambulance service bills
which are more than six months past due. The City Council will then
determine which of these bills are deemed to be uncollectable and
authorize the City Clerk to write them off as bad debts. The Council
will decide what action is to be pursued to collect those bills which
are determined to be collectable.
[Amended by Ord. No. 04-06-15A; Ord. No. 04-18-16B]
A.
Establishment; membership; authority and duties.
(1)
Establishment. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 04-18-16B (adopted on April
18, 2016), the City approved an intergovernmental agreement entitled
"Intergovernmental Agreement Establishing the La Salle County Joint
Emergency Telephone System Board and Providing for the Consolidation
of and Operation of Certain Public Safety Answering Points (Initial
Participating Members: City of La Salle, City of Marseilles, City
of Mendota, City of Oglesby, City of Ottawa, City of Peru and County
of La Salle, Illinois, on behalf of the La Salle County Emergency
Telephone System Board" (the "La Salle County JETSB Intergovernmental
Agreement") that provided for the establishment of an intergovernmental
cooperative venture known as the "La Salle County Joint Emergency
Telephone System Board" (also referred to as the "La Salle County
JETSB"). The purpose of the intergovernmental arrangement is for the
La Salle County JETSB to initially oversee the consolidation of six
existing public safety answering points ("PSAPS") into three PSAPS,
to administer the receipt and allocation of surcharge funds and any
other revenues budgeted for ETSB purposes (collectively "ETSB funds")
based on a cost-sharing formula or as otherwise directed in the IGA
to assist in funding the operations, maintenance and staffing of the
three PSAPS and the La Salle County JETSB, and to provide general
coordination of the delivery of emergency dispatch services and 9-1-1
communication services and wireless E-9-1-1 communication services
within the service territories of the participating members of the
La Salle County JETSB. The three PSAPS that will be funded by the
La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental agreement are:
(a)
The La Salle County Sheriff's PSAP, which is owned, staffed
and operated by the La Salle County Sheriff's Department and is located
at 707 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois;
(b)
The Ottawa Central Dispatch PSAP, which is owned, staffed and
operated by the City of Ottawa and is located at 301 West Lafayette
Street, Ottawa, Illinois; and
(c)
The Peru PSAP (whose operations will be transferred to the Illinois
Valley Regional Dispatch upon the formation), which is currently owned,
staffed and operated by the City of Peru and is located at 1503 Fourth
Street, Peru, Illinois (collectively referred to as the "PSAPS").
(2)
Membership; authority and duties. The total number of members on
the La Salle County JETSB shall match the total number of participating
members that are parties to the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental
agreement, as amended to add new members. The initial membership on
the La Salle County JETSB shall total seven members, including the
statutory "public member." The members of the La Salle County JETSB
shall be comprised of one representative from each of the participating
members of the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental agreement,
as designated in writing by the mayor or presiding administrative
officer of each participating member. The statutory "public member"
will be one of the designated representatives of one of the participating
members of the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental agreement or
appointed pursuant to the terms of the agreement. The authority and
duties of the La Salle County JETSB shall be governed by the terms
of the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental agreement and the Emergency
Telephone System Act (50 ILCS 750/1 et seq.) and any other applicable
laws.
B.
Dissolution of local Emergency Telephone System Board; reinstatement.
(1)
Dissolution of Local Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB). Pursuant
to Ordinance No. 04-18-16B (adopted April 18, 2016), the City's ETSB
was dissolved effective upon the date of the regulatory approval of
creation of the La Salle County JETSB by the 9-1-1 Administrator of
the Illinois Department of State Police. The City's ETSB was initially
established by the adoption of Ordinance No. 6-3-91B on June 3, 2016.
(2)
Reinstatement of local ETSB. In the event the City withdraws from
participation in the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental agreement,
to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the City
will either take the necessary corporate actions to reinstate its
local ETSB or join another joint emergency telephone system board
(JETSB).
C.
Use of ETSB funds; surcharge funds.
(1)
Use of ETSB funds. Under the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental
agreement, the City, in its own discretion, may use or expend any
of its ETSB funds, including any surcharge funds, to pay for budgeted
items or obligations that exist in its fiscal year 2016 and fiscal
year 2017 ETSB budgets in accordance with the applicable laws, including
the Emergency Telephone System Act (50 ILCS 750/1 et seq.), the Wireless
Emergency Telephone Safety Act (50 ILCS 751/1 et seq.) and the Prepaid
Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act (50 ILCS 753/1 et seq.), or may contribute
its ETSB funds to the La Salle County JETSB and receive a credit equal
to the amount of its contributed ETSB funds towards any financial
obligations that the City owes in regard to membership in the La Salle
County JETSB, with the balance of the ETSB funds being paid by the
La Salle County JETSB to the City's PSAP.
(2)
Surcharge funds. Upon dissolution of the City's ETSB and subject
to the terms of the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental agreement
and the City's continued participation in the La Salle County JETSB,
all monies received or collected by the City that are intended to
be used for ETSB purposes or La Salle County JETSB purposes from any
surcharge or revenue source authorized by any federal or state law,
including Section 15.3 of the Emergency Telephone System Act (50 ILCS
750/15.3), the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act (50 ILCS 751/1
et seq.) and the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act (50 ILCS 753/1
et seq.), shall be transferred to the La Salle County JETSB for deposit
and expenditure by the La Salle County JETSB in accordance with the
terms of the La Salle County JETSB intergovernmental agreement, the
Emergency Telephone System Act (50 ILCS 750/1 et seq.) and any other
applicable laws.
(3)
Surcharge rate. The City is authorized to receive surcharge funds
pursuant to Section 15.3 of the Emergency Telephone System Act (50
ILCS 750/15.3), the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act (50 ILCS
751/1 et seq.) and the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act (50 ILCS
753/1 et seq.) at rates and in amounts established by and regulated
by these applicable state laws. Under Ordinance No. 1-21-91B (adopted
January 21, 1991), the City proposed the enactment of a 9-1-1 surcharge
rate of $1.25, which was later approved by a majority of voters at
a referendum conducted on April 2, 1991 ("Established 9-1-1 Surcharge
Rate"). The City is authorized to continue to receive surcharge funds
at the established surcharge rate or any other rate established by
and regulated by applicable state laws. The dissolution of the City's
local ETSB shall have no impact on the City's authority and right
to continue to receive its allocation of surcharge funds under these
applicable state laws in accordance with the terms of the La Salle
County JETSB intergovernmental agreement.
A.
There is hereby created and established the position of fire truck
driver/engineer/EMT in the City of Mendota.
B.
Said fire truck driver/engineer/EMT position shall be comprised of
full-time paid personnel employed by the City of Mendota under the
provisions of the Board of Police and Fire and shall be eligible for
the Firefighters Pension Fund. All said employees shall be employed
as firemen subject to the provision and control of the Fire Chief
and cooperation with the needs of the Director of the Mendota Ambulance
Service.
C.
The Fire Chief shall have the command and control of the Fire Department
personnel, subject to the order and direction of the City Council,
subject to the following:
(1)
It is contemplated that the paid fire truck drivers/engineers/EMTs
will be required to be trained in and provide emergency training in
conjunction with the Mendota Ambulance Service as a part of the employees'
duties.
(2)
The Fire Chief and the Director of the Mendota Ambulance Service
will cooperate in the assignment of duties of said personnel so as
to most effectively use the employees for the benefit of the citizens
and the City of Mendota.
D.
The Fire Chief shall continue to be in charge of the Fire Department,
as well as in command and control of the volunteers in said department.
E.
The Director of the Ambulance Service shall continue to be Director
of the Volunteer Ambulance Service and shall have complete control
of said ambulance volunteers.
F.
The City Council of the City of Mendota may from time to time delegate
and alter the duties of the fire truck drivers/engineers/EMTs, but
it is contemplated said duties shall include and not be limited to
fire-fighting and emergency medical services.
G.
The Fire Chief and the Director of the Mendota Ambulance Service
are directed to cooperate in the usage of said personnel, but with
the Fire Chief and the Director of the Ambulance Service maintaining
command of their own departments.
