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Votes at a glance: Bedford County Board approves contract award, traffic grant, EMS fee update and minutes
Summary
At its meeting the Bedford County Board of Supervisors approved several resolutions by roll call: a police traffic services grant (R022425-02), a contract authorization for design services with Spectrum Design (R022425-04), and adoption of the Medicare-based EMS transport fee schedule (R022425-06); the board also approved meeting minutes.
The Bedford County Board of Supervisors recorded several roll-call approvals at its recent meeting.
Police traffic services grant (R022425-02): The board approved a resolution to submit, accept and appropriate a Department of Motor Vehicles Selective Enforcement Police Traffic Services grant to fund speed checks and related traffic enforcement overtime. The motion passed by roll call; recorded affirmative votes were captured in the meeting minutes.
Contract for Social Services building and sheriff's office expansion (R022425-04): The board authorized the county administrator to negotiate and enter into a contract with Spectrum Design for architectural and engineering design services for a new Social Services building and sheriff's office expansion. Staff said the county received 10 proposals and interviewed four firms before selecting Spectrum Design. Board members were told state procurement rules prevent discussing pricing during the RFP process. The motion carried on roll call.
EMS transport fee schedule (R022425-06): The board adopted Resolution R022425-06, updating medical-transport rates to a revenue-recovery schedule based on the recently released Medicare fee schedule. Chief Blankenship said the county bills at 150% of the Medicare allowable and that Medicare accounts for roughly 63% of current EMS revenue. The board approved the resolution by roll call.
Approval of minutes: The board also approved the meeting minutes as presented.
Votes and motion notes in brief: The meeting transcript records roll-call votes for the listed resolutions; specific vote tallies were recorded in the minutes for each resolution as passed.
