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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Page 18 • First Reading of Ordinance No. 2014-02, entitled, "An emergency ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor to enter into an amendment to Appendix B to the Billing Services Agreement with Life Force Management, Inc." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Dr. Parker, seconded by Mrs. Mills, made a motion to suspend the rules of Council requiring an Ordinance to be read on three separate occasions. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Rules Suspended Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Marrie, made a motion to enact Ordinance No. 2014-02. Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any discussion. Mr. Wynne reported, at the last meeting, I was explaining that when we invoice non- residents for ambulatory service, the agreement was to accept whatever the insurance company pays. What was happening was it was being looked at from a strictly cash basis so if we invoice the individual for $650 for a run and the insurance company allows $500 for that type of service, we should collect the $500. But if the individual had a co-pay or deductible, let's say of $100, the insurance company would pay us $400 and it would be the individual's responsibility for the $100. Our agreement was to not allows us to invoice that individual for the $100 co-pay for deductible. This now allows Life Force to invoice those non-residents for co-pays or deductibles. Dr. Parker stated, obviously the reason to suspend is the sooner they can start doing that, the sooner they can start bringing in the money because it's a time-sensitive thing. Council President Buckholtz asked if there were any further questions. There were none. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Ordinance Enacted • First Reading of Ordinance No. 2014-03, entitled, "An emergency ordinance amending Codified -Ordinance Section 1523.91(c) relating to the recovery of costs for emergency services provided to non-residents." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Marrie, made a motion to suspend the rules of Council requiring an Ordinance to be read on three separate occasions. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Rules Suspended ?I ?