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City adds $500 lift-assist fee for assisted-living non-emergencies
Summary
Johnston amended the Johnson Grimes Metropolitan Fire District fee schedule to add a $500 lift-assist fee for non-emergent calls from assisted-living, nursing home and memory-care facilities; council approved the resolution after hearing staff concerns about rising non-emergency calls and resource impacts.
The Johnston City Council on Tuesday approved Resolution 25-231 to add a $500 lift-assist fee to the Johnson Grimes Metropolitan Fire District schedule of fees for calls to assisted-living facilities, nursing homes and memory-care facilities.
Fire leadership presented the request, telling the council that the proposed fee applies when dispatch determines a call is non-emergent through its ProQA triage questions and no medical complaint or injury is reported. The fire chief…
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