RESOLUTION RS2017-841

A resolution approving a contract between the State of Tennessee, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Nashville Fire Department, authorizing the State to pay the Metropolitan Government for Emergency Transportation Services.

WHEREAS, the Nashville Fire Department provides emergency medical transportation services for patients at the State’s Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute; and,

WHEREAS, the attached agreement authorizes the State to pay the Nashville Fire Department for providing the emergency transportation services; and,

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this contract be approved.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1: That the contract by and between the State of Tennessee, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Nashville Fire Department, authorizing the State to pay the Metropolitan Government for Emergency Transportation Services, attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.

Section 2: That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Tanaka Vercher, Erica Gilmore, Mary Carolyn Roberts

Attachments on file in the Metropolitan Clerk's Office

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee Public Safety Committee
Introduced:	September 5, 2017
Adopted:	September 5, 2017
Approved:	September 6, 2017
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