MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD MONDAY, JULY 17,
2017 AT 8:30 A.M. IN THE BENTON MUNICIPAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 1403 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BENTON, ILLINOIS. MAYOR KONDRITZ CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. THOSE PRESENT WERE COMMISSIONER MILLER, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER WYANT, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. COMMISSIONER BAUMGARTE WAS ABSENT.
ATTORNEY MALKOVICH STATED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN WITH COMMISSIONER STOREY AND FIRE CHIEF SHANE COCKRUM REGARDING QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE AMBULANCE ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER MILLER STATED THAT HE ALSO HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER MILLER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE BOUNDARIES TO BE SET REGARDING THE AMBULANCE SERVICE. COMMISSIONER MILLER ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING BILLING AND RECORDS KEEPING. CHIEF COCKRUM STATED THAT BILLING WILL BE DONE BY A THIRD PARTY COMPANY, ACCUMED BILLING INC., AND RECORDS WILL BE KEPT BY THE BILLING COMPANY. CHIEF COCKRUM ALSO STATED THAT A COPY OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS WILL BE KEPT AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A COPY OF THE BILLINGS WILL BE KEPT BY THE CITY TREASURER, LISA MENO. COMMISSIONER WYANT STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OF THE AMBULANCE SERVICE AND STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE “BOUNDARIES” BE DEFINED.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING MUTUAL AID. CHIEF COCKRUM STATED THAT MUTUAL AID IS NOT REQUIRED; HOWEVER, TO BE A PART OF THE REGION 5 EMS, ALL PARTIES INVOLVED MUST BELONG TO AND THEREFORE AGREE TO MUTUAL AID WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES.
COMMISSIONER MILLER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE “BOUNDARIES” TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE ORDINANCE AND FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DRUG SCREENINGS TO BE DONE ON ALL PERSONNEL TO BE OPERATING THE AMBULANCE. COMMISSIONER WYANT SAID HE AGREED WITH THIS.
COMMISSIONER MILLER MADE A MOTION TO TABLE THE APPROVAL OF THE AMBULANCE ORDINANCE UNTIL ALL CHANGES COULD BE MADE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WYANT. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 3. COMMISSIONER MILLER, COMMISSIONER STOREY, AND COMMISSIONER WYANT. NAYS: 1. MAYOR KONDRITZ.
COMMISSIONER MILLER MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 4. COMMISSIONER MILLER, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER WYANT, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
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