Speaker 3, the EMS lead, told the Greene County Commissioners that the department collected $141,694.67 for the most recent month and read an annual collections figure aloud, saying the service was “$18,338.28 above our total collections for last year, not counting December.” He said the department is working with the billing contractor to improve reports and collections.

Speaker 3 said the county logged 430 runs last month with 392 transports. He described a longstanding problem with incomplete run reports — “when I first started, we had over a 100 calls a month that were getting pulled off the cab,” he said — and told commissioners he had reduced the missing‑report count to about 60 last month and aims to reach zero because missing reports complicate legal processes and third‑party billing.

On equipment, Speaker 3 said commissioners approved upgrading three cardiac monitors earlier that morning and that the monitors will be placed on the Salisbury, Bloomfield and Linton units. He said the vendor delivery is expected in January and service/training will begin Feb. 1; invoices arrive after delivery, which affects appropriation timing. The transcript contains a garbled line about the total cost for the three monitors that could not be clearly captured in the record; the precise invoice amount was not specified during the meeting.

Speaker 3 also described transmission problems that have delayed ECG/monitoring data reaching receiving hospitals. He said he is working with LifeNet and the vendor to identify whether the issue is device‑side, hospital reception or a data‑center problem.

Operational items included station maintenance work (heating and plumbing fixes at the Lynn station) and a note that the department will trade in older monitor units to reduce net cost. Speaker 3 said the department will seek grant options to replace additional units and that budget adjustments may be needed to cover higher-than-expected expenditures.

The meeting record shows no formal roll-call motion associated with the monitor approval during this session beyond Speaker 3’s report that commissioners had approved the upgrade earlier that day. The department plans additional training and follow‑up once equipment and invoices have been received.

The meeting closed without further action on EMS-specific motions; commissioners directed staff to follow procurement and appropriation processes before final budget adjustments.