The Board of Directors shall provide ambulance service to inhabitants of the city and shall have the authority to:
(A) Purchase ambulance vehicles and all other necessary equipment and employ trained personnel which meet all federal and state requirements;
(B) Adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectively and efficiently provide emergency ambulance services for the city;
(C) Employ person or persons to administer the daily operations of the emergency ambulance service;
(D) Compensate employees of the district at a rate determined by the Board;
(E) Apply for and receive available funds from the state and federal government for the purpose of maintaining or improving emergency ambulance services for the city;
(F) Acquire by bequests, gifts, grant or purchase the real or personal property necessary to provide emergency ambulance services;
(G) Establish an equitable system of service charges to be collected from the persons receiving emergency ambulance service from the city. The rate of the service charge shall be fixed in such amounts as can be reasonably expected to yield revenues not in excess of the costs of operation and maintenance of the system and for adequate depreciation funds; and
(H) Contract with private persons, partnerships or corporations for providing ambulance services to residents of the city as long as these services utilize vehicles, equipment and personnel which conform to all requirements of law.
(Ord. 289-2021, passed 2-9-21)