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Mayor's subcommittee urges keeping EMS local, recommends education and targeted staffing
Summary
A Mayor's Subcommittee report recommended preserving advanced life-support under local control while pursuing short-term staffing relief, grant writing, public education to reduce nonessential 911 use, and long-term pay and recruitment strategies to address chronic EMS call-volume pressures.
Speaker 3, a member of the Mayor's Subcommittee on emergency medical services, presented a three-month review on the city's EMS challenges and delivered a set of recommendations to the Mineral Wells City Council.
The committee, formed at the mayor's request, included 21 members drawn from citizens and local taxing entities, said Speaker 3. After surveys and meetings, the committee weighed four broad options: contract a third-party EMS provider, add supplemental ambulances, create a city-run EMS department, or submit alternate proposals. Speaker 8, a citizen member of the committee, said the group's feedback “overwhelmingly was in favor of maintaining advanced life support services…
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