Resolution 8695 RESOLUTION NO. 8695
WHEREAS, on the 24th day of March, 1954, the CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH entered into a contract with BEACH MEMORIAL
CHAPEL, INC . , and others, by the terms of which twenty-four
(24) hour a day ambulance service within the City was ar-
ranged, and
WHEREAS, said agreement will expire on the 10th
day of April, 1954, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties to enter
into a similiar agreement for an additional year, and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney has prepared an agree-
ment in accordance with said desire, the City Council being
familiar with the terms thereof,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and
City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized to execute said
agreement in the name of and on behalf of said City.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of April, A. D.
1954.
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Attest:
C. W. Tomlinson, City Clerk
BY:AiaW56.4.e>inr--
City C 9rk
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
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COPY
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 24th
day of March, A. D. 1954, by and between the CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, a Municipal corporation created acid existing under
the laws of the State of Florida, hereinafter called "The
City", and BEACH MEMORIAL CHAPEL, INC. ; GORDON FUNERAL
HOME, INC. ; HELLMAN FUNERAL CHAPELS, INC. ; NICELEY FUNERAL
ROM:, INC. ; RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, MIAMI BEACH, IC. ;
and ' ALSH & WOOD FUNERAL HOME, INC. ; each of which is a
Florida corporation, hereinafter called the "Ope °ators",
WITNESSETH :
WHEREAS, The City deems it advisable to arrange
for a twenty-four ( 24) hour a day ambulance service for the
public within the boundaries of the City, notwithstanding that
there is no public ambulance in said City, and
WHEREAS, the Operators own and operate ambulances
provided with skilled drivers and attendants, and the Operators
are willing to provide the service desired by The City, on
behalf of its citizens and inhabitants,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of
One ( 51.00) Dollar paid to each of the Operators by The City,
receipt of which is acknowledged, it is mutually agreed as
follows:
1. That this agreement shall be effective and
shall continue from April 10, 1954 until midnight of the
anniversary of the effective date hereof.
2. That each of the Operators will provide and
place and maintain on duty at all times at least one (1)
ambulance, specially designed, equipped and prepared for the
transportation of sick and injured persons, and each of said
vehicles shall have on hand, available at the place where each
of the ambulances shall be kept, a skilled driver and trained
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attendant, the latter of whom shall have satisfied a medical
officer, appointed by The City for that purpose, that he has
received adequate first aid training, at least comparable to
that offered by ':;he American Red Cross Society.
3. Each of said ambulances shall at all times
be equipped with a siren, oxygen tank, masks and other
appliances needed to administer oxygen en route to passengers,
stretchers, first aid kits completely outfitted at all times,
resuscitator and red li";hts, all of which appliances and equip-
ment must be and shall be kept in s-ood working order at all
times.
4. Each of said ambulances shall at all times
be equipped with a two-way radio, blood plasma and splints,
all to be furnished at the cost of The City.
5. Each of said ambulances shall be insured
against public liability to the extent of x;;50,000.00 for one
injury, and $100, 000.00 for several injuries growing out of
the same accident, and c;5, 000.00 property damage. The contract
of insurance providing such insurance shall be written in
companies satisfactory to The City and shall provide for
continuance in full force until not less than five (5) days
after notice to The City of cancellation thereof, to the end
that The City may at all times be assured that insurance coverage
as required is in effect.
6. Calls for ambulance service which must be
recognized and accepted by an Operator may be made ( a) by a
Police Dispatcher located at the Police Station, or (b) emergency
calls by any citizen, provided he shall give his name and
address and state the nature of the need for ambulance service
at the time the service is requested.
In the event any emergency call, other than
a call from the Police Lispatcher, is recognized and accepted by
an Operator or the Operators, the Police Lispatcher shall be
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notified forthwith. Each ambulance, upon return ;.nn from a call,
shall immediately notify the Police Dispatcher. All calls for
ambulance service made by the Dispatcher at Police Headquarters
shall be promptly accepted and honored, and the Dispatcher' s
authority to ask for ambulance service shall be recognized at
all times.
7. No Operator shall at any time convey any
sick or injured person to any place against the will of such
person, provided, that if any sick or injured person is unable
to sive direction in his own behalf, direction as to destination
shall be taken from an immediate relative, if any be present,
and if there be none such available, such sick or injured person
shall be conveyed to the nearest regularly licensed hospital
which will accept him.
8. The City shall pay to the Operators 010.00
for each trip or call made within the boundaries of The City;
if a sick or injured person is transported from a point within
the City to a point outside the City and within Dade County,
Florida, The City shall pay the Operators the sum of 0_5.00;
if a sic'_z or injured person is carried from a point within
the City to a regularly licensed hospital within the limits of
the City and then transported to a point outside the limits of
the City and within Dade County, Florida, The City shall pay
the Operators the sum of c?25.00; in the event oxygen is
administered en route to a sick or injured person The City
shall pay the Operators y 5.00 for each tank d oxygen consumed.
9. Provided, however, none of the payments above
set forth shall be made by The City to an Operator unless the
Operator has submitted a bill to the sick or injured person
transported within one week after rendering the service, and
shall have furnished the CITY MANAGER with a copy thereof by
mailing the same ::.n the day the bill is transmitted to the
sick or injured person, and thereafter, in the event the Operator
is not paid for its charges by the sick or injured person
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transported within thirty ( 30) days after rendition of
service, the Operator shall notify the CITY MANAGER
of the City of Miami '3each, whose duty it will be to
process the charge for payment, and secure payment of
the charge not later than sixty ( 60) days after the
rendition of service; provided further, however, that
The City shall under no circumstances be liable for the
payment of anything whatsoever exce.-t for ambulance
services rendered as a result of a call by the
Dispatcher at Police Headquarters. Provided, further,
when the Dispatcher at 'olice Headquarters requests
ambulance service and the Operator provides and
sends an ambulance to the point indicated, the Operator
shall receive a fee of ,;10.00, even though the sick
or injured person refused to be transported in the
Operator' s ambulance.
9. This contract is intended to cover only
services rendered when the sick or injured person is
in need of immediate transportation, and when the
absence or lack of such transportation may endanger
the chance of recovery of the sick or injured person
or the delay incident to securing a private ambulance
may be dangerous to the life or well-being of the sick
or injured person requiring ambulance service.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused these presents to be executed in their names,
by their duly authorized officers, duly attested
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and the seals of said corporations thereunto affixed, the
day and year first above written.
CITY OF flIAMI BEACH
By
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
BEACH TI: MORIAL CHAPEL, INC.
ATTEST: By
President
Sec,:tary
ATTEST:
GORDON FUNERAL Ho :_:., TLC.
By
resident
Secretary
H r,L?LAN FUNERAL CHAPELS, INC.
ATTEST:
By
President
Secretary
NICELEY FUNERAL HOME, INC.
ATTEST: By
President
Secretary
RIVERSIDE ?'MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 'IAII LEACH, INC.
ATT''ST: By
President
Secretary
WALSH WOOD FUNERAL HOME, INC .
ATTEST: By
President
Secretary
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
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