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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, ON APRIL 9, 1959, AS A RESULT OF AN ELECTION HELD IN TARRANT
COUNTY, TEXAS, THE TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT WAS CREATED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S
COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID HOSPITAL DISTRICT, PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF JOHN
PETER SMITH HOSPITAL, WAS TO BE SUPPORTED BY TAXES TO BE LEVIED UPON THE RESIDENTS OF
TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS;
WHEREAS, SAID HOSPITAL DISTRICT WAS CREATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS
OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THEIR GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE; AND
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF THE SICK AND INJURED, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY THAT ~UICK AND IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION BE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY CASES;
WHEREAS, MANY OF THE FUNERAL HOMES IN SAID COUNTY, HAVE DISCONTINUED
THEIR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE, THEREBY LEAVING A VOID AND/OR SERIOUS DEFICIENCY
IN EMERGENCY SERVICE IN PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE THIRTY TWO GOVERNMENTAL BODIES EXISTING
IN TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS; AND IT BEING ENCUMBENT UPON ALL OF THE THIRTY TWO GOVERN-
MENTAL BODIES WITHIN THE COUNTY TO MAKE SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE
SERVICE, AND/OR RELY UPON THE FEW REMAINING FUNERAL HOMES WHO PROVIDE EMERGENCY
AMBULANCE SERVICE, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THIS NECESSARY SERVICE FOR THEIR RESPECTI VE
CITIZENRY; AND IT BEING WELL-KNOWN THAT ADE~UATE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE IS
NOW UNAVAILABLE OR INADE~UATE FOR MOST OR ALL OF THE CITIZENRY OF TARRANT COUNTY,
TEXAS, ALTHOUGH MANY PLANS HAVE BEEN TRIED TO PROVIDE SAME;
WHEREAS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
HAS HANDED DOWN AN OPINION WHEREBY HOSPITAL DISTRICTS MAY MANAGE AND PROVIDE AMBULANCE
SERVICE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS; AND THE LOGICAL AND MOST FEASIBLE SOLUTION TO A
SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE HEALTH AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF
TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, WOULD BE FOR THE TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO ASSUME
THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND LEVY TAXES TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE CITI-
ZENS OF SAID COUNTY;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND C,TY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, COUNTY OF TARRANT, TAKE THE POSITION THAT IT
IS THE DUTY OF ALL GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS OF SAID COUNTY TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF PROVIDING A NECESSARY SERVICE FOR THEIR CITIZENS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL
HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICT'IONS, AND AS A BASIS
FOR THIS RESOLUTION, IN ADDITION TO THE FACTS STATED ABOVE, WILL ASSERT THAT EMERGENCY
AMBULANCE SERVICE IS AS MUCH AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE AS THE PROVIDING OF EMERGENCY
FIRE PROTECTION FOR PROPERTY AND THUS, THE MAYOR AND THE C,TY COUNCIL URGES THE
TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE
CITIZENS OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS.
PASSED, THIS 26 DAY OF JUNE , 1967, UNANIMOUSLY,
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
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MAYOR, CITY OF No TH ICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
ATTEST:
CITY SECREARY,
HILLS, TEXAS