Muscatine County supervisors set May 4 hearing to consider declaring EMS an essential service
Emergency Manager Chris Jasper urged supervisors to declare EMS an essential service to create an advisory council and fund non-disposable equipment and staffing; the board set a public hearing for May 4 to begin the process of possibly placing a levy on the ballot.
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Emergency Manager Chris Jasper told the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 23 that Iowa Code "4 22 d" allows a county to declare Emergency Medical Services (EMS) an essential service, appoint an EMS advisory council and propose a separate levy to pay for non-disposable equipment, vehicles and staffing.
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