The Bartholomew Columbus emergency ambulance services board shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

    A.    To facilitate and encourage cooperation between Bartholomew County, the city of Columbus and the Bartholomew County Hospital in the areas of emergency ambulance services;

    B.    To advise the mayor and common council in matters concerning emergency ambulance services and on-site emergency medical treatment of accident and illness victims;

    C.    To advise the mayor and common council as to existing and proposed laws, statutes, rules and regulations of the state of Indiana and the United States as they relate to emergency ambulance services and on-site emergency medical treatment;

    D.    With the advice and consent of the mayor, to plan, negotiate and administer emergency ambulance services agreements between the city and entities providing such services on behalf of the city;

    E.    To recommend the organization, structure and operational procedures of any emergency ambulance service providing service to the residents of the city under such an agreement;

    F.    To make budgetary recommendations to the mayor and common council as to expenditures and costs to the city to provide emergency ambulance services;

    G.    To monitor compliance by any emergency ambulance service with any agreement entered into between the city and such service;

    H.    To conduct long-range planning for and periodic evaluations of the emergency ambulance services and on-site medical treatment available to the citizens of the city and recommend improvements and changes;

    I.    With the advice and consent of the mayor and common council, to plan, negotiate and administer cooperative agreements between the city and other emergency  services organizations;

    J.    To plan, facilitate and assist in the implementation of any agreement for hospital system support and training which may be required under Indiana Law between any emergency ambulance service providing such service on behalf of the city and the Bartholomew County Hospital as "supervising hospital";

    K.    To make an annual report to the mayor and common council of its activities;

    L.    To perform such other duties and assume such other responsibilities as the mayor and common council may appropriately assign to it.

    It is understood, however, that the board of works and safety of the city shall approve and execute, and shall be the contracting body on behalf of the city in connection with all emergency ambulance services agreements and other agreements with entities providing emergency services and no such agreement shall be effective until such approval and execution. All legal actions to enforce all such agreements shall be instituted only by the mayor or board of public works and safety of the city, whichever is appropriate. The emergency ambulance services board shall not be responsible for nor shall it become involved in the hiring and discharge procedures, internal discipline, job evaluation, work practices and individual duties of employees of any entity providing emergency ambulance services on behalf of the city. (Prior code § 3-14)