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Home My WebLink About _ 9.8(b)--Repeal RMC Ordinance No. 2642 to remove Chapter 6.18 GI �" Y C� F � � �- ' � ° � � i � CITY OF REDDING �� REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 2,2025 FROM: Jerrod Vanlandingham, Fire ITEM NO. 9.8(b) Chief ***APPROVED BY*** � # �� <<��,� . „, �, .A,��,� � Y �. J,�� i" in�*�ian�,Fire Cl� f �(?11242� i�}�in,�C"i an � �127(242� jvanlandingham@cityofredding.org btippin@cityofredding.org SUBJECT: 9.8(b)--Consider repealing Ordinance No. 2642 to remove Chapter 6.18. Recommendation Authorize and approve the following: (1) Introduce Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 2642 to remove Redding Municipal Code Title 6, Chapter 6.1$ - Emergency Medical Service First Responder Fee, for first reading, and waive the full reading. Fiscal Impact Considering the Emergency Medical Service First Responder Fee (Fee), the City of Redding (City) billed 151 customers for lift assists for a total billed amount of$105,780. Of this amount, the City has collected $9,890. The City wi11 be issuing refunds to the customers who have paid this fee. The adopted budget projected no revenue from the fee, therefore there is no net impact to the budget. Alternative Action The City Council (Council) could choose not to repeal Tit1e 6, Chapter 618 (Emergency Medical Service First Responder Fee) and provide staff alternate direction. Background/Analysis On August 19, 2025, Council voted to repeal the Redding Fire Depart�n�nt's (RFD) Emergency Medical Serviees First Responder Fee Ordinance, direc�in� staff ta rescind all current billings and issue refunds to impacted residents. Report to Redding City Council August28,2025 Re: 9.8(b)--Repeal RMC Ordinance No. 2642 to remove Chapter 6.18 Page 2 (ariginally approved in 2021, the fee was designed to offset costs when RFD responded to inedical calls for service. However, after reeeiving new and significant public input and revisiting the effieacy of the program, the Council unanimously agreed to repeal the ardinance and associated fee. The repeal stops the fee immediately. Those who have already made a payment for a lift assist will see a refund. In addition, the City Attorney will review whether future modifications could speci�eally address group facilities, with findings expected later this year. RF'D rasponds to thousands of madical calls annually. Despite the growing cost pressures, the Council signaled its commitment to public safety and service. EnviNonmental Review This is not a project defined under the California Environmental Quality Act, and no further action is required. Council Priority/City Manager Goals • Public Safety — "Work to improve all aspects of public safety to help people feel secure and safe where they live, work, and play in the City of Redding." Attachments ^New Ordinance ^Ord 2642 - Amending Title 6 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2642 ADDING REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 6.18 OF TITLE 6 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Ordinance No. 2642 adding Chapter 6.18 of Title 6 0� the Redding Municipal Code is hereby repealed. Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of the Ordinance, or its application to any person or circuinstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability sha11 not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivision, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance. Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption; and the City Clerk is hereby directed to certify the passage of this ordinance and to cause the same or a summary to be published one time within 15 days of its passage in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Redding. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 2"d day of September,2025; and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on the day of , 2025,by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: COUlYCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSTAINING: COUNCIL MEMBERS: JACK MUNNS, Mayor ATTEST: FORM APPROVED: SHARLENE TIPTON, City Clerk CHRISTIAN M. CURTIS, City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 2642 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING TITLE 6 (BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS) OF THE REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 6.18 (EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FIRST RESPONDER FEE) RELATING TO ESTASLISHING A FEE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE BY THE REDDING FIRE DEPARTMENT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 �'�� ;��e Redding Municipal Code is amended to add Chapter 6.18 with a title to read��s� '� � �,,, , s� t 3 EMERGENC��DICAL SERVI��FIRST RESPONDER FEE �� ta Y tii Sections: ,`� } , ��010 Definitions. >, 6:�� merge��cal services first responder fee. 6.18 �� ,,,� �`ee ��+��t' ��, 3.l 6.18.040 No ��t on emer��cy medical first responder services. � 6.18.050 N��xclusive rerr��. 6.18.060 A��al. t`� � ,, , T � ;. Section 2. Title 6 of '��%��' �Mu��5��,� is amended to add Section 6.18.010 through 6.18.060, inclusive, �r��pter b��read as'��t�ows: Section 6.18.010 Definitions. ,' x ' j � ' �� t �� For purposes of this Chapter, the follov��efini��„��,�� ; ,�' � _ � � ,, ,, s ,,� , �, A. "Emergency Medical Services" means special services d��ied to par��e definitive prehospital emergency medical care including, but not ��ite��y��iopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac defibrillation, airway manageme�,��',��t�ation of specified drugs, and other techniques and procedures adn��stez��,��'��iarized personnel. S Y t. b,w.., B. "Emergency medical services first responder fee" �means the fee established pursuant to this Chapter and charged to each recipient to whom the Fire Department provides emergency medical services. C. "Insurer"means the recipient's medical insurance provider. D. "Recipient"means the person to whom the city provides emergency medical services. Section 6.18.020 Emergency medical service first responder fee. A. The City Council shall, by resolution, adopt an emergency medical services first responder fee to recover the reasonable costs incurred by the Fire Department in providing emergency medical services and the reasonable costs to administer the fee. B. The emergency medical service first responder fee shall be charged to each recipient and/or a recipient's insurer, whether a city resident or nonresident, who receives emergency medical services from the Fire Department during a single incident. Section 6.18.030 Fee collection. A. Policies for Dis��countability. , ; ,�tr �� . 1. T��'e�Chief, or c��ee, wili develop policies and procedures for invoicing, ��ig, and receiving ��nents for each fee charged under this Chapter and will ��,, ,��rdinate the admini��ion of said fee with any contracted third party service ' ��`ovider, if applicabl� '�`he policies and procedures will include a process to ��charge from accounta�ility accounts that are not collectible. , ; 2. T��'��,�� or des��r��y establish a compassionate billing policy. Such polic��de �� ;��nergency medical services first responder fee for recipient� who��i�y under t��ompassionate billing policy. 3 3. The City skall a��pt the paym�� rom tl�e insurer as the full payment for the recipient's emerg��,'��,medica��ices f��sponder fee obligation. t,� , � , � �� , � , „ ,� � ,�; B. The Fire Chief, or designee, r��'� c�ele�� '�or sor�� f the tasks required for the administration of the emergency medi�� ,�rvices first r��onder fee. Administration of the emergency medical services first��der fee will ��ist o��tasks including, but not limited to, tracking of emergenc��,��c�� services,,��,�ided ��'�the Fire Department, identification of financially res��t�`ble ��;�� 'ion a�'��al fees to be charged, invoicing and payment collectiori; and the p��i'�g of wa��°��requests and appeals, if permitted. '' } C. When the Fire Department provides emergency medical ��,��'person, the Finance Department, or a contracted third party servic��v��,�� '$`�ill the recipient and the insurer, if any, for payment of the emergency r��;`�s�rvices first responder fee. In the case of a minor, the Finance Department shall invoice the parent or guardian of the recipient who received the services and the insurer if the person, or his or her representative, has identified to the Finance Department the insurer to which the invoice should be sent. Section 6.18.040 No effect on emergency medical first responder services. This Chapter neither expands nor limits services. These services will continue to be provided without regard to whether a person is insured by an insurer, has the ability to pay the emergency medical services first responder fee, or has or has not paid the emergency medical services first responder fee in the past. Section 6.18.050 Non-exclusive remedy. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, the City shall not be prevented from taking any other civil or criminal action to abate the acts constituting a violation of this Chapter, and all remedies at law and in equity remain reserved to the City. Section 6.18.060 Appeal. A. Any recipient wishing to contest an invoice regarding the emergency medical services first responder;�� ed under this Chapter must submit a written request for reconsidera��;�� ie'°�`�'i� ��aef explaining the reasons for requesting a reconsideration within tl�� 0) calendar`�� of the date of receiving the invoice for the emergency medica��ices first respond��e. The Fire Chief will review the written request, make a final��'ision on the request� ��d notify the party in writing within thirty (30) calendar days ��ceiving the request t��consider. �, �. � B. If the a ��ved art is unha with the Fire Chief's decision the art ma a eal to �� P Y ppY � P Y Y PP the city r��, �� s or he� ��e, by filing a written notice with the city clerk within fourte��.��end��'i��'�� e chief's written notice of decision. ��, , ,� Section 3. Severabit�� '�If any sectrc��ubsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordina�+��, or its appl��in to a�y person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unen�+��eable, s��;�valid��unenfarceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the �'��„� �ecti�� ons, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this C��nce, o��pplicatit��p any person ar circumstance. The City Council of the City of Redding hereb��ares that it��1d have adopted each section, subsection subdivision paragraph, sentence, ��i or phrase h��f, irr��pective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subse�� divisions ��'�grap��s�entences, clauses or hrases hereof be declared invalid or ur��`�' ' P ��rceab�� , , �„ , �� t �. �,�,, � Section 4. The City of Redding finds that this�Ordinanc��`�not a "��t��" according to the definition set forth in the California Environmental Quality��t ("��,��;`�and, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not ��}�� irect or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environmen��nd ��) (there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect d��,��vironment), the adoption of this ordinance is therefore not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 20th day of July, 2021; and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on the 3rd day of August, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:Mezzano,Schreder,Winter,and Resner NOES: COIJNCIL MEMBERS:Daquisto ABSENT: COi1NCIL MEMBERS:None ABSTAIN: COiTNCIL MEMEERS:None � ' t ' ' ' N D. SNER, Mayor � ATTEST: �� '�� FORM APPROVED: , :'s�� r� ;' �� r . ' �.�a_� ��'"' � d� PAMELA M ��'�� 1E,r� BARR�'E. De A T, City At orney �� , } � ,3 , r1e .t l a, } t.. 1,,: yt ( s 55 / 3} � i� f } J / W 1 li Jt l 3 �£ y 5 � �., ,. t s y t1 k' tl,i` }y i � t � } �, 4 f t }} 1 } + i .S sl,e i 5.,