Number
061536
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
An ordinance relating to the ambulance service board.
Sections
75-15-2-a am
75-15-2-c cr
Analysis
This ordinance:
1. Removes the public safety committee chair from the ambulance service board.
2. Designates the commissioner of health as the chair of the ambulance service board.
3. Requires that the ambulance service board meet no less than twice annually and report its activities to the public safety committee.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 75-15-2-a of the code is amended to read:
75.15 Ambulance Certification Regulations.
2. AMBULANCE SERVICE BOARD.
a. Establishment. An ambulance service board is established consisting of [[the chair of the public safety committee of the common council, who shall serve as chair]] the commissioner of health, >>who shall serve as chair<<, the chief of the fire department, the medical director of the Milwaukee County paramedical program, a designee of the Emergency Medical Services committee of the Medical Society of Milwaukee County, a designee of the Wisconsin Health and Hospital Association and a public member representing the interests of citizens who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the common council. Except for the public member and unless employed by the city, board members are not required to be city residents. The public member shall be appointed no later than 60 days after the third Tuesday in April in even-numbered years to a 2-year term expiring on the third Tuesday of April 2 years thereafter. When a vacancy occurs in the public member position the mayor shall make an appointment within 60 days after the vacancy occurs.
Part 2. Section 75-15-2-c of the code is created to read:
c. Meetings. The board shall meet no less than twice annually and report its activities and findings to the public safety committee.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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