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EMS secures agreement for non‑emergency transport and seeks grant to replace cardiac monitors; local match could exceed $500,000
Summary
Rutherford County EMS presented a contractual agreement to provide non‑emergency ambulance transports for TrustPoint and asked permission to apply for a grant to replace 25 cardiac monitors, with an estimated total cost of about $1.2 million and an approximate county match of roughly $550,000–$600,000.
The committee approved an interagency agreement allowing Rutherford County EMS to provide non‑emergency ambulance transports to TrustPoint; EMS director Brian Gaither said the county will bill TrustPoint at Medicare‑allowable rates and that the agreement had been negotiated over several months.
Gaither also requested permission to apply for an equipment grant to replace 25 aging cardiac monitors. Staff estimated the total cost at approximately $1.2 million, with an expected cost‑share structure of roughly 52% federal/partner and 48% county (Gaither estimated the county share at about $550,000–$600,000 depending on maintenance and procurement choices). Commissioners approved permission to apply and asked finance staff to begin tracking potential match obligations and add the potential match to the list of anticipated uses of fund balance.
Gaither told the committee the county would seek the vendor trade‑in value by acting sooner rather than later because older monitors lose trade‑in value over time. Any award would return to committees for formal appropriation prior to spending.
The committee approved the TrustPoint agreement by roll call and granted permission to apply for the cardiac monitor grant.
