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Belton authorizes AMR contract to provide emergency medical services
Summary
Council authorized the city manager to execute a contract with American Medical Response to provide EMS in Belton, starting Oct. 1 with a two-ambulance deployment and response-time standards averaged at 7.5 minutes inside the city; council approved the authorization 5–0.
Belton City Council authorized the city manager to enter a contract with American Medical Response (AMR) to provide emergency medical services inside Belton, approving terms presented by staff on Sept. 10.
Staff said the current AMR contract (implemented in 2022) ends Sept. 30, and the new agreement would begin Oct. 1 and run through Sept. 30, 2026, with two-year renewal options. Under the contract, AMR would station two ambulances in Belton (one at Station 1 and one at Station 2), pay $800 per station per month to maintain living quarters, and be the sole EMS provider inside incorporated city limits while maintaining mutual-aid arrangements with neighboring jurisdictions.
Staff explained performance standards that the contract would hold AMR to an average 7.5-minute response time inside the city (with longer permitted averages of 10 minutes for specified highway areas). Staff presented historical district call-volume and compliance data: in-district calls were roughly 2,431 in 2022 and 2,453 in 2023; AMR met the 7.5-minute standard about 68% of the time in 2022 and about 71% in 2023. "So we're going to hold them to a standard to average 7 and a half minutes inside the city," staff said.
A council member moved to authorize the city manager to execute the agreement; the motion was seconded and passed 5–0.
What's next: staff will finalize the contract and monitor response-time reports as part of ongoing oversight with AMR and regional partners.
