WOODBURY COUNTY CONTINUES TO WORK ON A PLAN WHERE RURAL COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOPICS AT A JOINT MEETING OF RURAL MAYORS WITH COUNTY SUPERVISORS MONDAY NIGHT IN LAWTON.
COUNTY BUDGET MANAGER DENNIS BUTLER HAS DEVISED A PROPOSAL TO HELP RURAL TOWNS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE E-M-S SERVICE.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN COST SHARING WITH THE COUNTY:
OC………ONLY ON TOWNSHIPS. ;22
IF SOME TOWNS DECIDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE, THAT COULD DRIVE UP THE COST FOR THOSE WHO DO, BUT ALSO LEAVE THE NON-PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT A RESPONSE FROM A COUNTY AMBULANCE DURING AN EMERGENCY:
OC………TO EVEN DO. :11
COUNTY SUPERVISORS WOULD NEED TO APPROVE HIRING TWO FULL TIME AND ONE 3/4 TIME PARAMEDIC TO STAFF THE SERVICE.
BUTLER SAYS A TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED IN JANUARY AT WESTERN IOWA TECH FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE RURAL COMMUNITIES.
