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Council approves an eight-year exclusive ambulance permit for Amarillo Medical Services
Resolution No. 02-08-22-3, passed 5-0, granted American Medical Response, Inc., doing business as Amarillo Medical Services, an exclusive ambulance permit for eight years, renewable for up to two two-year terms. It set ambulance response-time standards by zone and priority (8:59 for Priority 1), monthly compliance targets of 90% system-wide and 85% per zone, liquidated damages capped at $60,000 a month, and annual payments to the City for AECC dispatch and an AFD permit administrator.[1][2][3]
Ginger NelsonAmerican Medical Response, Inc. (dba Amarillo Medical Services)
What the sources say
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The permit's term is "an eight (8) year period beginning on the Commencement Date" and may be renewed by mutual consent "for not more than two (2) extensions of two (2) years each." The resolution says the permit is "renewed and effective on February 8, 2022." [2]
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The permit grants the agency "the exclusive right as the sole provider" of emergency ground ambulance service, non-emergency and interfacility ambulance service, and ambulance standby service within the city limits, subject to listed exceptions. [2]
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Ambulance arrival times are 8:59 for Priority 1, 11:59 for Priority 2 and 14:59 for Priority 3 in each of four zones (Airport District 11:59 and 12:59 for Priorities 1 and 2), measured from dispatch in the City's CAD to arrival of a MICU-capable unit and paramedic; the monthly standard is 90% system-wide and 85% for each zone and priority. [2]
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Missed response-time standards carry liquidated damages (for Priority 1, from $3,000 to $30,000 a month depending on compliance and consecutive months), capped at $60,000 in any month, paid into the City's General Fund. [2]
- Max monthly liquidated damages
- $60,000
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The agenda item's funding summary lists $870,000 a year from AMR to the City: $775,000 for dispatcher staff at the AECC, $85,000 for an AFD Permit Administrator, $5,000 for training props and the mobile classroom, and up to $5,000 for narcotics used by AFD. After the first year the AECC amount is to be negotiated, not to exceed actual cost, or adjusted by CPI. [2]
- Annual payment
- $870,000
- Aecc dispatch
- $775,000
- Permit administrator
- $85,000
- Training
- $5,000
- Narcotics
- $5,000
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The council passed Resolution No. 02-08-22-3 by a 5-0 vote on February 8, 2022.[1]
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Separately, the City's check registers show 182 payments from the City to AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE totaling $205,491.63 between July 11, 2022 and July 30, 2026. The registers do not say what the payments were for. [7]
- Total
- $205,492
