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Lewiston council approves two agreements expanding emergency-medical coverage across the river after extended debate
Summary
After extended questioning about usage and cost-sharing, the Lewiston City Council approved two intergovernmental agreements to extend ambulance and rural EMS coverage into neighboring areas and to formalize cost-sharing that ties annual adjustments to state ground-transport data.
The Lewiston City Council on Monday approved two intergovernmental agreements to extend emergency-medical coverage beyond city limits and to formalize a call-based cost-sharing model with neighboring agencies.
Chief Greg Reitmeier, Lewiston's fire and EMS chief, told the council the contracts use the state's ground emergency medical transport (GMT) data for annual cost adjustments rather than a fixed inflation increment. “Any increase in our personnel costs, our cost of medical supplies, fuel, heat, air, anything is all submitted annually as part of our ground emergency medical transport data package,” Reitmeier…
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