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Legislature approves amended senior-care contract funding; committee will refine additional EMS spending
Summary
Sullivan Countylegislators voted to approve an amended contract and funding plan with the countysenior-care/EMS provider, using a state grant and a negotiated credit to pay much of the cost and sending part of the proposed package back to committee for further study.
Sullivan Countylegislators on the Executive Committee voted unanimously to approve an amended contract and funding approach for the countysenior-care emergency medical services (EMS) program while directing part of the proposal back to committee for more study.
The committee agreed to apply a $500,000 grant and a negotiated credit (identified in the meeting as roughly $650,000) against a previously bid $900,000 option for additional basic-life-support ambulances and to use $245,000 of the grant to fund a summer ALS ambulance. After credits and the grant application, committee members said the countywould be responsible for roughly $300,000 in one-time funding for this contract period.
The contract…
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