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Columbia County board activates AmeriPro as backup EMS, approves 90-day settlement with Columbia EMS
Summary
After citing repeated response-time failures and a February 8 arena complaint, the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners voted to activate AmeriPro EMS as backup contractor and adopt a settlement that provides a 90-day transition and monthly subsidy to Columbia EMS while AmeriPro ramps up.
The Columbia County Board of County Commissioners voted Feb. 24 to activate AmeriPro EMS of Florida LLC as the county's backup ambulance contractor and approved a settlement agreement that will separate Columbia Emergency Services (doing business as Columbia EMS) from the county with a 90-day transition period.
County staff told the board that an investigative report into a Feb. 8 arena incident identified three separate instances of "major noncompliance" by Columbia EMS, and that the contractor had repeatedly failed to meet the contract's 90% response-time threshold. A staff presentation said Columbia EMS has submitted a signed settlement agreement providing a 90-day transition window; during that period Columbia EMS will continue to receive its monthly subsidy (staff cited $35,227.27 per month) while AmeriPro begins activating resources.
"The contractor has agreed and has submitted a…
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