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Pittsylvania County commission recommends three ambulance requests, allows Chatham to keep a reserve unit
Summary
The Pittsylvania County Fire and Rescue Commission unanimously recommended CIP funding for two ambulance replacements and approved Chatham Rescue Squad's request to retain its older ambulance as a county-shared reserve with conditions, forwarding recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
The Pittsylvania County Fire and Rescue Commission voted unanimously Thursday to recommend capital improvement program (CIP) funding for two ambulance replacements and to approve a change request allowing Chatham Rescue Squad to keep a recently replaced ambulance as a county-shared reserve.
The recommendations will be forwarded to the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors, which makes final funding decisions. Commissioners voted to endorse the requests from Broswell (replace a 2012 ambulance) and Blair (remount/replace a 2016 ambulance), and to permit Chatham to retain its 2011 unit as a third-run reserve available to other county agencies.
The decisions matter because county CIP awards are limited and agencies that keep a previously CIP-funded vehicle agreed it will be ineligible for another CIP award if it later needs replacement. That stipulation was included in the Chatham approval to avoid "double-dipping," commissioners said.
Commission members heard details for each request. Director Key…
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