Ravena Rescue Squad asks Coeymans for contract correction or tax-district help to avoid service cuts
Ravena Rescue Squad chief Travis Witt told the board the agency's contract funding has fallen behind inflation and asked either for a contract increase to roughly $200,000 or support forming an EMS tax district; the board agreed to review the contract and provide an estimate of legal fees for district formation.
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Travis Witt, chief operations for the Ravena Rescue Squad, told the Coeymans town board the squad is operating at the "bottom of the barrel" without a contract correction or formal district funding. He said the squad's contract had been cut in 2019 and later restored but that present funding does not match inflation and staffing needs. "If we do not get this increase... ambulances are not going to roll," Witt told the board.
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