Callahan County Commissioners Court on June 23 approved the county's annual agreement with Citizens EMS, the ambulance provider the county uses for emergency medical transport.

County staff described the contract as a per-call billing arrangement rather than a fixed allocation and told commissioners that Citizens EMS provides lower and upper projections for expected calls. The county pays only for calls that occur, staff said, and they budget toward the upper projection to ensure funds are available if demand rises. A staff member noted the per-call rate had increased modestly year over year.

Commissioners also raised a recent local news item: staff said they had seen reports that Citizens EMS had regulatory issues but had not had direct conversation with the provider and did not expect the reports to affect Citizens EMS’s ability to perform under the contract. Commissioner McGowan moved to accept the agreement; Commissioner Windham seconded the motion, and the court voted aye with no opposition.

No dollar figures for the contract total were specified in the meeting minutes and staff did not state that any contingency was required for provider regulatory review.