23-R-59 Guadalupe County-Ambulance ServicesRESOLUTION NO. 23-R-59
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH GUADALUPE COUNTY FOR AMBULANCE
SERVICES, AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz EMS provides ambulance services to the surrounding
communities and emergency services districts; and
WHEREAS, the County desires to contract with the City for the provision of certain
emergency medical services within the unincorporated area of the County in order to preserve and
protect the health and safety of persons within the County; and
WHEREAS, the City and the County have determined to enter into this Agreement relating
to the provision of certain emergency medical services within the unincorporated areas of the County
and to set out the terms, rights, duties, and responsibilities of the City and the County with respect
thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City and the County have determined that the provision of certain
emergency medical services is a public purpose and within their statutory powers of government;
and
WHEREAS, the City and the County are political subdivisions of the State of Texas and
are authorized to execute this Agreement pursuant to the Texas Government Code Chapter
791.001, as amended; and
WHEREAS, City Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to
enter into an agreement with Guadalupe County for ambulance services.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into an
agreement with Guadalupe County for ambulance services as set forth in Exhibit A.
Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this
Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage,
and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this Iday of 2023.
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sheila Edmondson, City Secretary