Benton County meeting approves EMS claims totaling $149,167.42

At a Benton County meeting, members approved emergency medical services (EMS) claims after staff read line-item payments for local ambulance and first-responder providers, reporting a total of $149,167.42.

Unidentified Speaker 1 moved to approve the EMS expenses and Unidentified Speaker 3 read the claims for the public. Unidentified Speaker 3 read a set of line items including "North Benton Ambulance, 80,000; Blairstown EMS medical supplies, 20,264; Urbana first responders, 69,596; Garrison first responders, 8,409; Urbana ambulance equipment, 27,676; Bell Plain Ambulance, 45,862" and concluded the list with a total of $149,167.42. The motion was seconded and carried.

The reading of claims was done aloud so the public could hear the payees and amounts before the vote. Meeting discussion afterward moved on to routine reports and budget work; no amendment or challenge to the EMS claims amount was recorded in the transcript.

The meeting did not include an itemized written vote tally in the transcript for this motion beyond the roll-call-style verbal affirmations earlier in the session. The board adjourned later in the session following additional administrative discussion.