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Resident urges targeted needs assessment before dispersing Webster County EMS essential-services funds
Summary
A public commenter urged the Board to tie disbursements from a new essential-services funding program to measurable needs, training and equipment requirements rather than issuing flat checks to all providers.
A public commenter at the Webster County Board of Supervisors meeting on Aug. 12 urged the board to require a needs assessment and conditions for disbursing new county funds intended to support emergency medical services.
Scott Kueser, a Harcourt council member and longtime public-safety trainer, said a flat $10,000 distribution to non-transport services and set amounts to transport services risks leaving some communities without trained responders or critical equipment. “My feeling…
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