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Douglas County commissioners program contingency to add full Medic 6 and hold $1.7 million pending city decision
Summary
Commissioners agreed in principle to the "blue" EMS expansion option—adding a full 24-hour Medic 6—and to hold roughly $1.7 million in contingency while awaiting the City of Lawrence budget decision on its share.
Douglas County commissioners agreed Tuesday to pursue an expanded emergency medical services plan described in meeting documents as the "blue" option, which would add a full 24-hour medic unit (Medic 6) to the county's EMS system, and to hold about $1.7 million in the county contingency while the City of Lawrence completes its budget process.
The blue option was discussed as an alternative to the gray option already built into the proposed budget. Commissioners and staff identified the incremental county cost to move from the written-in gray level to the blue level as $979,312; the city's share of the blue…
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