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Council adopts change to how city sets annual contribution to Havre de Grace Ambulance Corps after debate on response levels
Summary
After testimony from the ambulance corps and extended council discussion about declining transports, the council adopted Resolution 2025-11 to amend the method used to determine the city’s annual contribution to the Havre de Grace Ambulance Corps; the resolution directs annual funding decisions to the budget process rather than a fixed formula.
The Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace on June 2 adopted Resolution 2025-11, which changes how the city determines annual contributions to the Havre de Grace Ambulance Corps, after the corps’ president warned the council that removing flat funding could jeopardize operations.
Nathan Armstrong, president of the Havre de Grace Ambulance Corps, said the organization only learned late of the proposed resolution and warned the council that eliminating flat funding would “jeopardize our ability to plan for sustainable operations” for fiscal year 2026 and beyond. Armstrong said recruitment and retention remain challenges for the volunteer corps and that in 2024 the corps was dispatched for 4,194 calls, with the city’s corps transporting about 55% of those calls; he provided…
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