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Board appoints initial members to Emergency Medical Care Committee; allocates air‑ambulance seat
Summary
The board approved appointments to the reconstituted Emergency Medical Care Committee, accepted nine applicants for two‑year staggered terms and allocated the air ambulance provider seat to Reach Medical; Supervisor Ryan Kelly was affirmed as the board’s designee.
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors on May 20 appointed nine applicants to serve as voting members of the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC), approved staggered two‑year terms, and confirmed Supervisor Ryan Elliott Kelly as the board’s appointee to the committee.
Clerk staff said the committee was established on Jan. 7, 2025 (minute order number 17) and the clerk’s office opened 13 positions; nine applications were received. Supervisor Kelly, who said he has served as a board appointee to the EMCC since February 2013, moved to approve the appointments and to allocate the air ambulance provider seat to Reach Medical on the basis that Reach has been the longer‑standing local air transport provider. Supervisor Escobar seconded the motion; the board carried the motion by roll call vote.
County staff explained both Mercy Air and Reach had applied for the designated air ambulance position and would be eligible to reapply for future cycles; the initial appointments set an operating committee to provide oversight and recommendations related to emergency medical services in the county.
No additional details about the nine individual appointees were provided in the board tape; the clerk’s office had stated 9 of 13 positions had applications and requested the board review and approve the applicants.
