[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Northumberland
County 7-10-2014. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Emergency responses — See Ch. 61.
Provided by Code of Virginia § 15.2-1300, as amended,
the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors has elected to become
a member with the Counties of Essex, Richmond, Lancaster and Westmoreland
for the Emergency Ambulance Service Revenue Recovery Board (EASRRB).
A.
Purpose and intent; fiscal agent.
(1)
In order to protect and ensure the health, safety and welfare of
their citizens, the Counties of Essex, Lancaster, Richmond, Westmoreland
and Northumberland (the "counties") provide support and funding to
various ambulance service providers operating in their respective
jurisdictions; and
(2)
The counties have decided that utilizing the services of private
sector companies for ambulance billing services can be expensive and
have poor collection rates; and
(3)
The counties believe that an in-house regional billing program, operated
by the Northern Neck Planning District Commission (NNPDC), will enable
the counties to lower administrative costs, improve service for area
residents utilizing ambulance services, and increase the success rate
of collections through cooperation with local treasurers; and
(4)
The counties believe that the such regional billing program will
ultimately make more funds available for local ambulance services
through greater revenue recovery; and
(5)
Code of Virginia § 15.2-1300 provides that local governments
may enter into agreements for joint or cooperative exercise of any
power, privilege or authority which each is capable of exercising
individually; and
(6)
After a public hearing duly advertised in accordance with Code of
Virginia, § 15.2-1427, as amended, the Northumberland County
Board of Supervisors has determined to form a joint entity along with
the other counties, such entity to be designated as the Emergency
Ambulance Service Revenue Recovery Board (EASRRB) for the purpose
of overseeing the creation and administration of the regional billing
program; and
(7)
The NNPDC has agreed to act as fiscal agent for the EASRRB and provide
day-to-day operations and management of the regional billing program;
and
(8)
The creation of a joint entity will permit the delivery and oversight
of workforce services in a manner that will ensure accountability
to governing bodies of the counties.
B.
Therefore, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Northumberland
hereby approves becoming a member of the EASRRB to exercise such powers
and duties as set forth in the intergovernmental agreement, ambulance
billing services (the "agreement") which is attached hereto and made
a part of the ordinance from which this section derives,[1] and such other powers and duties as may be incidental
to the activities set forth therein or as may be hereafter agreed
to and authorized by each of the counties by joint resolution; and
further approves the execution of the agreement and authorizes the
Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the agreement on behalf
of the County.
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the agreement is on file in
the County Offices.
