The city that I represent owns and operates the Ambulance Service for our city and the surrounding area, the surrounding area being assigned to us by OK State Department of Health, EMS Division. Recently it has become an issue that our ambulance is responding to calls a considerable distance away from the city limits only to have the call turn out to have no one treated or transported and therefore the cost of having the ambulance respond with personnel costs more than what we currently bill for that type of run. The City Commission desires to increase the rate charged for these “No Treat, No Transport,” calls that occur outside the city limits by $100.00 per call while charging the lower amount to city residents. I might also add that all city electric customers, (primarily city residents,) are charged a $4.00 monthly fee on their electric bill to help offset the cost of operating the Ambulance Service. My first question, Can the city charge more for runs that occur outside the City Limits? Second, Title 36, §6050 allows for ambulance services to sell membership subscriptions to individuals who reside within the service area of the provider. In these situations, the ambulance provider usually agrees to accept any 3rd party payments i.e. insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, etc as payment in full. Clearly the City can sell memberships under the authority of this statute but my question is can the ambulance fee currently being charged to city electric customers count as a membership subscription? And if so, can a city utility customer opt out of paying said membership fee? Thanks W. Lee Stout W.L. Stout, P.C. P.O. Box 262 Newkirk, OK 74647 (580)-362-2032 (580)-362-2035 Fax CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission (including any accompanying attachments) is intended solely for its authorized recipient(s), and may be confidential, legally privileged and/or exempt form disclosure under applicable law. If you are not an intended recipient, or responsible for delivering some or all of this transmission to an intended recipient, you have received this transmission in error and are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from reading, copying, printing, distributing or disclosing any of the information contained in it. In you have received this transmission in error, please contact me immediately by telephone (580) 362-2032 or by electronic mail at <mailto:stoutlawoffice@att.net> stoutlawoffice@att.net and delete the original and all copies of this transmission (including any attachments) without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you.