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Finance committee recommends referral of $657,000 Maine EMS grant for Bangor Fire Department
Summary
The Bangor City Finance Committee voted to recommend that the full council accept and appropriate $657,000 from the Maine Emergency Medical Services Stabilization and Sustainability Program to the Bangor Fire Department for ambulance stretchers, training equipment, software and specialized personnel training.
The Bangor City Finance Committee on April 23 recommended that the full City Council accept and appropriate $657,000 from the Maine Emergency Medical Services Stabilization and Sustainability Program for the Bangor Fire Department.
Councillor Fisch, chair of the finance committee, described the agenda item as a referral that already had passed first reading and would come to the full council next week for final action. Dave Little, finance director for the City of Bangor, told the committee the funding would pay for ambulance stretchers, training equipment, software and additional specialized training for fire department personnel.
Committee members asked for clarification about what the grant would cover; Little confirmed the items listed above. A committee member moved to recommend the referral, a second was made, and the committee forwarded the item to the full council for final action next week. The committee record in the transcript does not include a roll-call tally.
If the council approves the measure at its next meeting, the appropriation would move the identified EMS funds into the city’s budget to cover equipment and training costs. The committee did not discuss a line-item breakdown in the transcript provided.
Next steps: the referral will appear on the full Bangor City Council agenda at its next meeting for final vote and appropriation.
