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Council hears resident report of delayed EMS response; staff update on litigation and property deed
Summary
At the work session councilmembers flagged an anecdotal report that EMS took 15 minutes to respond to an anaphylactic incident and asked staff to pursue raw response-time data; staff also reported a court denied a county motion to dismiss a litigation matter and that the city received the deed for a property called the Amari.
Councilmembers used the information-items portion of the work session to raise public-safety and legal updates affecting Greenbelt residents.
EMS response-time concern: A councilmember relayed a constituent’s account that EMS took 15 minutes to respond to an anaphylactic shock. The councilmember said neighbors performed CPR until responders arrived and urged the city to obtain raw county EMS response-time data because averages can mask very long outliers. No county representative responded in the meeting; councilmembers said they will continue to press the county for data and clearer communication about staffing and response-time performance.
Legal and discovery update: City staff reported that a judge denied the county’s motion to dismiss a pending litigation matter, allowing the case to move into discovery. Staff said discovery requests will include the raw data the council has repeatedly sought related to staffing and service levels. The city indicated it remains open to working collaboratively with the county while pursuing required records through litigation channels.
Property deed: Council also received the deed for a facility referred to in the session as the Amari and staff said they will be on-site to secure the property and coordinate code-enforcement follow-up after recent vandalism.
What comes next: Councilmembers asked staff to prioritize obtaining the raw EMS response data from the county and to continue coordination on the litigation discovery schedule; staff said they would also move forward with securing and inspecting the newly deeded property.
