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Granbury council asks for written agreement, delays decision on Texas EMS station funding
Summary
Texas EMS asked Granbury for fee waivers and assistance on a planned joint EMS/fire station; council asked for a written partnership agreement and postponed action until March 3 to allow staff and fire department to draft terms.
Texas EMS director Ricky Reeves outlined plans for three new combined EMS and fire stations around Granbury and asked the council for help waiving building permit and connection fees and for assistance with sprinkler and riser costs, which Reeves and staff estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars for connections and about $39,000 for certain components.
Reeves said the nonprofit has operated Hood County’s 9‑1‑1 EMS service since 2001, runs five full‑time ambulances and handled roughly 9,600 calls in the last year, and that the three proposed stations are…
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