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Roswell committee advances purchase orders for ambulances, gurneys and cardiac monitors to build city ambulance service
Summary
A city committee voted to send to finance purchase orders for four ambulances and accompanying gurneys and cardiac monitors, moving Roswell closer to operating a municipally owned ambulance service funded by a public safety tax increase.
A Roswell City Council committee voted to forward to the Finance Committee purchase orders that would begin equipping a city-run ambulance service, approving requests for four 4x4 Type 1 ambulances and four powered stretcher systems with cardiac monitors.
The committee voted to send a purchase order request for $1,288,380 to Citizens Martin Emergency Group for four 4x4 Type 1 ambulances and a separate purchase-order request of $492,686.20 to Howell Medical for four powered gurneys and four Lifepak 35 cardiac monitors to finance for consideration. The purchases are planned to be funded from proceeds of the public safety tax increase enacted under Ordinance 23-10 (2023), council staff said.
The presenter for the ambulance request told the committee the ambulances are stock units the city can “put our names on” and receive much faster than a custom build. “If we do a custom…
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