ORDINANCE NO. _2009-30_____ 

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ANTWERP EMS COORDINATOR TO 
ENTER INTO A COLLECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GENERAL AUDIT
CORPORATION, D/B/A KEYBRIDGE MEDICAL REVENUE MANAGEMENT; AND
DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY


WHEREAS, the Village of Antwerp Emergency Medical Services (“EMS”) has been attempting to 
collect past due accounts for the provision of emergency medical services; and 

WHEREAS, the EMS believes that a collection services agency will be able to assist the EMS in 
collecting the past due accounts for the provision of emergency medical services; and 

WHEREAS, General Audit Corporation, d/b/a KeyBridge Medical Revenue Management 
(“KeyBridge”), by way of a Collection Services Agreement, will assist the EMS in attempting to 
collect the past due accounts for the provisions of emergency medical services, based on a 
contingency fee arrangement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Village of Antwerp, Paulding 
County, Ohio, as follows: 

Section 1. The EMS Coordinator of the Village of Antwerp, Ohio, is hereby authorized to enter 
into the Collection Services Agreement with KeyBridge in order for KeyBridge to assist the EMS 
in attempting to collect the past due accounts for the provision of emergency medical services. A 
copy of the Collection Services Agreement is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 

Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of the Council of the Village of 
Antwerp, Ohio, concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open 
meeting of the Council, and that all deliberations of the Council and of any of its committees that 
result in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal 
requirements. 

Section 3. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the 
immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the Village and for the further 
reason that the Village is in immediate need of obtaining the revenue that may be collectible on the 
past due accounts for the provision of emergency medical services and in order to attain the 
professional collection services of KeyBridge, the Agreement must be executed in order to allow the 
collection of these past due accounts to commence immediately, and this Ordinance shall be in force 
and effect immediately after its passage; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the 
earliest period allowed by law. 

Passed: , 2009. 
Attest: 
Ray DeLong, Mayor 

Loretta Baker, Fiscal Officer 

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