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Flandreau council directs staff to model city takeover or district for ambulance service
Summary
After weeks of task force work and public comment, the Flandreau City Council voted to ask city staff to prepare a written business model by June 1 for the city to operate the ambulance service and authorized a formal response to Moody County by Feb. 28 explaining the city’s process and timeline.
Flandreau Mayor Dan and the City Council voted Monday to ask city staff to prepare a business model and timeline for assuming local ambulance service or for alternatives, including an ambulance district, and to send Moody County a written response by Feb. 28 explaining the city’s process.
The council’s move follows a four-meeting ambulance task force that recommended the city assume responsibility for the ambulance service after the county gave the city a Feb. 28 deadline for a response. City Administrator Cole was authorized to prepare a model for how the service would operate under city control and to show alternative structures; the council asked for the results at or before its June 1 meeting so the proposal could be considered during the next budget cycle.
Why it matters: Moody County signaled it could transfer or discontinue the existing county-run ambulance service without a local commitment. Council members and several residents described ambulance service as essential…
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