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County to hire Center for Governmental Research to evaluate emergency medical services; $48,000 approved from contingency
Summary
The Tompkins County Legislature approved a consultant contract with the Center for Governmental Research to evaluate local emergency medical services and recommend options; the contract was funded at $48,000 from contingency to allow an expedited timeline before budget season.
The Tompkins County Legislature unanimously approved a member-filed resolution on June 3 to accept a proposal from the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) to evaluate emergency medical services (EMS) in Tompkins County.
Legislator Rich John, who moved the resolution, said municipalities and the county are seeing stress in ambulance services and that towns requested county assistance to study options. The CGR proposal will assess baseline EMS capacity,…
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