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Greenwood council advances ordinance to charge residential care facilities for non-emergency lifts
Summary
The Greenwood City Council passed first reading on Ordinance 25-18, which would establish fees for non-emergency responses and lift assists at residential care facilities after council and fire staff cited a high volume of calls to those sites.
The Greenwood City Council passed first reading of Ordinance 25-18 on a 6-0 vote, advancing a proposal to impose fees for non-emergency responses and lift-assist calls at residential care facilities.
City Fire Department leadership told the council that residential care facilities account for a disproportionate share of non-emergency responses. The presenter said that through July the department had recorded 5,719 total calls for service and 887 calls to seven residential care facilities—about 15 percent of total call volume. The ordinance would target nonemergent incidents at institutional residential facilities…
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