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Council Adopts Ordinance to Update Ambulance Franchise Rules, Rates and Penalties
Summary
The council adopted Bill 2025-5 to amend Las Vegas Municipal Code chapter 6.8, revising ambulance franchise rate caps, annual increase calculations, noncompliance penalties and vehicle‑service‑life provisions.
The Las Vegas City Council on May 7 voted to adopt Bill number 2025‑5, an ordinance amending Las Vegas Municipal Code Chapter 6.8 to update rules for ambulance franchises in the city.
The ordinance, as read into the record during the meeting, updates maximum service rates, changes the method and calculation for annual rate increases, revises provisions related to revocation and adjustment of franchises for noncompliance, and allows extension of ambulance vehicle service life under certain circumstances.
The bill text was read during the recommending‑committee portion of the meeting and a motion to approve the ordinance was made and carried. The motion was posted and recorded as passed; the meeting transcript records the vote as carried following a call for the yeas.
The ordinance amends LVMC chapter 6.8 (Ambulance franchises). The meeting record does not include a line‑by‑line fiscal analysis or a roll‑call breakdown of each council member’s vote in the spoken transcript excerpt; the clerk’s official minutes and posted ordinance will contain the final ordinance text and the formal vote record.
