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Owasso moves to include multifamily units in ambulance subscription fee; per-response charges cited
Summary
Chief David Hurst presented Ordinance 1228 to include multifamily residential units in the monthly ambulance service fee to reduce large emergency ambulance charges; staff proposed calculating fees using a rebuttable presumption of 85% occupancy and said long-term care facilities will remain on subscription.
Fire Chief David Hurst presented proposed amendments to the city's ambulance-service ordinance on Dec. 17 that would include multifamily residential units in the monthly ambulance subscription fee rather than leaving some residents exposed to full per-response billing.
Hurst described the current per-response emergency medical fee as $1,300 per response plus $15 per loaded mile and said including multifamily units in the subscription program would reduce the likelihood of residents facing a single large bill after an emergency. The draft ordinance includes a rebuttable-presumption provision for multifamily buildings that presumes 85% occupancy in calculating the number of units to be assessed; property managers or owners could rebut that presumption with documentation.
Hurst said long-term health-care facilities will continue to be handled as subscription-fee accounts and that staff will meet with facility managers to increase awareness of the subscription option. He reported that staff had contacted 43 identified multifamily property managers and received nine responses so far.
Council approved Ordinance 1228 as presented following staff questions and a recorded roll-call vote.
