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EMT urges council to favor local nonprofit in upcoming ALS ambulance contract selection
Summary
A licensed EMT told council the city’s ALS RFP should prefer a local nonprofit provider to protect wages, non-discrimination and community oversight as four firms bid, including at least one private-equity–owned company.
A licensed emergency medical technician and city resident urged Ann Arbor City Council to prioritize a local nonprofit when the council later considers approval of an advanced life support (ALS) ambulance services contract.
Ryan Brace told the council that the city has operated under a county ambulance contract since 1983 and that the new ALS request for proposals marked the city’s first effort to contract ALS directly. He praised features of the RFP, including living-wage and nondiscrimination requirements and data-reporting obligations, and urged the council to add a preference for local stations, local management and nonprofit ownership.
“Ann Arbor is better served by a local nonprofit and I urge the city to include that preference in the selection process,” Brace said, noting recent consolidation in ambulance services and private equity ownership among bidders. He said four companies had bid and at least one bidder was owned by a New York-based private equity firm.
Council members did not take action on the contract during the meeting; Brace’s remarks were part of the public-comment record ahead of any council vote.
