File #: 2013-0165    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/8/2013 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/3/2013
Enactment date: 6/7/2013 Enactment #: 17598
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the funding and provision of Medic One emergency medical services; providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County, at special election on November 5, 2013, of a proposition to fund county-wide Medic One emergency medical services by authorizing the continuation of an additional regular property tax levy for a consecutive six year period, for collection beginning in 2014, at a rate of $0.335 or less per $1,000 of assessed valuation to provide for Medic One emergency medical services.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn, Joe McDermott
Indexes: Emergency Management, levy
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17598.pdf, 2. 2013-0165 transmittal letter.doc, 3. 2013-0165 Fiscal Note.xls, 4. 04-16-13 Staff report with attachments, 5. Auburn City Council Resolution 4930.pdf, 6. Bellevue City Counci Res-8520.pdf, 7. Federal Way City Council Resolution.pdf, 8. Kent City Council ResolutionNo1873.pdf, 9. Kirkland City Council Resolution R-4975.pdf, 10. Redmond City Council Resolution.pdf, 11. Renton City Council Resolution 4175 - Medic One.pdf, 12. Shoreline Revised Resolution.pdf, 13. 05-21-13 Staff report with attachments
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Clerk 06/03/2013
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the funding and provision of Medic One emergency medical services; providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County, at special election on November 5, 2013, of a proposition to fund county-wide Medic One emergency medical services by authorizing the continuation of an additional regular property tax levy for a consecutive six year period, for collection beginning in 2014, at a rate of $0.335 or less per $1,000 of assessed valuation to provide for Medic One emergency medical services.
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PREAMBLE:
The Medic One Emergency Medical Services ("EMS") system of King County, publicly known as Medic One, is an integrated publicly funded partnership between the county, cities, fire districts, regional fire authorities, hospitals and the University of Washington.
Medic One/EMS is a tiered response system that is based on the regional medical model and collaborative partnerships. The services that EMS personnel provide are derived from the highest standards of medical training, practices and care, scientific evidence and close supervision by physicians experienced in EMS care. It includes basic life support by city, fire district and regional fire authority emergency medical technicians, advanced life support by University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center trained paramedics, and regional support programs that provide citizen and EMS personnel training, regional medical control and quality improvement.
The Medic One/EMS system of King County is recognized as one of the best emergency medical services program in the country. It saves thousands of lives every year, providing life-saving services on average every 3 minutes. Compared to other cities, cardiac arrest victims are 4 to 5 times more likely to survive. In 2011, it achieved a 52% survival rate for cardiac arrest, which is the highest rate to date anywhere.
The provision of Medic One emergency medical services on a countywide...

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