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Dearborn proposes $1,000 fee for nonemergency lift-assist calls from care facilities; chief cites sharp rise in calls
Summary
The fire chief told council that calls to assisted-living facilities for nonemergency lift assists have risen sharply and proposed an ordinance to bill facilities $1,000 per nonemergency response; the ordinance had a first reading and staff described plans for billing and liens on unpaid amounts.
Dearborn Fire Chief (name given in the transcript) told the City Council on Sept. 9 that the department is seeing a marked increase in nonemergency calls — including lift assists — from assisted-living and nursing facilities, and staff introduced a first-reading ordinance to recover costs from facilities that repeatedly summon emergency responders for nonurgent needs.
The proposed ordinance (ordinance number 25-18-58) would authorize billing…
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