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CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
ORDINANCE NUMBER 639
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PART 13, PUBLIC
SAFETY, CHAPTER 2, FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARTICLE C,
AMBULANCE SERVICE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING
SECTION 13 -236, FUNDING FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE,
TO PROVIDE FOR PROVISION OF AMBULANCE
SERVICE TO SANITARY SEWER CUSTOMERS ONLY,
AMENDING SECTION 13 -238, FEE DIMINUTION, TO
PROVIDE FOR FEE DIMINUTION FOR SANITARY
SEWER CUSTOMERS AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO,
OKLAHOMA, THAT, TO -WIT:
Section One: Part 13, Public Safety, Chapter 2, Fire Department, Article C, Ambulance
Service, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, be amended in the
following respects, to -wit:
SECTION 13-236 FUNDING FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE
A. For areas within the coroorate limits of the city receiving water service from the city
or areas within the coroorate limits of the city receiving only sanitary sewer service from the city,
a water rate increase or a sewer rate increase respectively, is established as follows:
The provisions of 13 -236 A 1 and 2 shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 13 -238 FEE DIMINUTION
A. Any person residing within the service area above referenced and connected to the
Owasso water and sewer system, water or sanitary sewer system, whether such connection is
Q pursuant to single family residence or multifamily residential dwellings as herein provided, over
the age of sixty -five years, or living below the national poverty level as determined by the United
States Government, may, upon proper application therefore, receive a diminution in the rate
increase or subscription fee provided for herein in an amount of One Dollars ($1.00) per month
per household.
Section Two: Due to the absence of provisions in the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Owasso, Oklahoma, relating to provision of ambulance service for persons solely utilizing the
Osanitary sewer service of said city, an emergency is hereby declared to exist whereby the
provisions of this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage and publication as
provided by state law.
APPROVED this 4th day of April, 2000, with the Emergency Clause voted upon and
approved separately.
CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
By:
Mark Wilken, Mayor
Maria Boutwell, City Clerk
TO FORM:
D. Cates, City Attorney
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Affidavit Of Publication
OWASSO REPORTER
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss:
Bill R. Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn
and authorized, says that he is the publisher of the
Published in the Owasso
PuReporter, Owasso, Tulsa
Owasso Reporter, a weekly newspaper published in
County, Oklahoma, April 13,
2000
the City of Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, a news-
CITY OF OWASSO,
paper qualified to publish legal notices, advertise-
OKLAHOMA
ORDINANCE
meats and publications as provided in Section 106 of
NUMBER 639
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971 and 1983 as
PART 13, PUBLIC SAFETY,
CHAPTER 2, FIRE DEPART-
amended, and thereafter, and complies with all other
MENT, ARTICLE C, AMBU-
LANCE SERVICE OF THE
requirements of the laws of Oklahoma with reference
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLA-
to legal publications.
HOMA, AMENDING SECTION
13-236, FUNDING FOR AMBU-
That said notice, a true copy of which is attached
LANCE SERVICE, TO PRO-
VIDE FOR PROVISION OF
hereto, was published in the regular edition of said
AMBULANCE SERVICE TO
SANITARY SEWER CUS-
newspaper during the period and time of publication
TOMERS ONLY, AMENDING
SECTION 13-238, FEE DIMINU-
and not in a supplement, on the following dates:
TION, TO PROVIDE FOR FEE
DIMINUTION FOR SANITARY
SEWER CUSTOMERS AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
April 13th :am 0
APPROVED this 4th day of April,
2000, with the Emergency
Clause voted upon and
approved separately.
CITY OF OWASSO OKLAHOMA
/s/ Mark Wilke
Mark Wilken, Mayor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 44
(SEAL)
A,
day of
ATTEST
is/ Marcia BoutweIl
Clerk
Marcia Boutwell, City
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ Ronald D. Cates
Notary Public
Ronald D. Cates, City Attorney
My Commission expires:
PUBLISHER'S FEE $ 3 7. 4 0
MEMORANDUM
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF OWASSO
FROM: SHERRY BISHOP
FINANCE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #639
FUNDING FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE
DATE: March 31, 2000
BACKGROUND:
On June 16, 1987, the City Council enacted an ordinance implementing a mandatory surcharge on
citizen water bills for the purpose of partially funding ambulance service in the city. All revenue
(including this surcharge) derived from the operation of the ambulance service goes into the
Ambulance Service Fund and the Ambulance Service Capital Improvement Fund which were
created by that ordinance. The two - dollar surcharge on water bills operates similar to a
subscription to the ambulance service. There are no charges in excess of the payment from an
insurer under a policy of insurance, if any, to a "subscriber" of the ambulance service.
There are now citizens residing within the city limits who are served by Owasso sanitary sewer but
not by Owasso water. In order to include these citizens as subscribers to the ambulance service,
staff is requesting that Council amend the ordinance that establishes the mandatory surcharge.
Ordinance #639 amends the funding for the ambulance service to provide a rate increase on water
service or sanitary sewer service. All other provisions of the ambulance service ordinance remain
the same. Ordinance #639 includes an emergency clause making the ordinance effective
immediately upon passage and publication.
Rural water districts serving inside the city limits of Owasso will bill for city utilities under
existing agreements. This ordinance change allows them to include the ambulance subscription fee
in their billing to customers served by Owasso sanitary sewer.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of Ordinance #639 amending funding for the ambulance service to
include customers of sanitary sewer service only and attachment of an emergency clause to that
ordinance.
ATTACHMENT:
Ordinance #639