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Clinton Board of Adjustment approves MercyOne heliport permit amid neighborhood concerns
Summary
The Clinton Board of Adjustment voted to grant MercyOne a special use permit to base a staffed medical helicopter at Mercy Hospital’s helipad at 1410 North 4th Street. The decision followed a MercyOne presentation and public questions about flight frequency, rotor wash, drone rules and neighborhood impacts.
The Clinton Board of Adjustment voted to grant MercyOne a special use permit to convert the hospital’s existing helipad at 1410 North 4th Street into a staffed medical heliport, a change MercyOne officials said will shorten response times for critically ill patients.
MercyOne legal counsel Richard Davidson introduced Ryan Goshel, MercyOne’s regional emergency transport director, who told the board the proposed base would be staffed 24/7 with aircrew and medical professionals and operate the company’s Bell 429 aircraft. “This will greatly reduce the response time for Clinton patients,” Goshel said, describing the base as a way to get critically ill patients to tertiary care centers more quickly.
The presentation said the Clinton base is intended to serve the local market; MercyOne stated current activity averages about 15 flights per month and that planning assumptions for a based aircraft are about 30 flights per month. Goshel said maintenance and fueling would be handled at Clinton Municipal…
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