Coffee County EMS board approves donation of a retired ambulance and signs off on routine financial items

The Coffee County Emergency Medical Services board voted May 21 to donate a surplus, retrofitted ambulance to the Toma Police Department for use by its SWAT team and approved routine administrative items including the meeting agenda, minutes and monthly write‑offs.

During new business the director said two retired ambulances remained in county inventory; one was already committed as a trade‑in and the other—previously converted for command use but later superseded by another vehicle—was deemed surplus. The director recommended donating the surplus vehicle to the Toma Police Department for SWAT use. A board member moved, the motion was seconded, and the board approved the donation by voice vote.

Board members discussed procedural steps required to move county title. Staff noted the transfer must go through county purchasing and may require a special meeting of the purchasing committee to dispose of the asset per county rules; the director said no money would be exchanged and the title would simply be moved. The transcript uses the name "Toma Police Department" for the receiving agency; that is reported here as stated in meeting remarks.

The board also approved the meeting agenda and minutes by voice vote and approved write‑offs for the April and March accounting periods. The transcript includes numeric figures that were not clearly transcribed for the write‑offs; the approved amounts are therefore recorded in meeting notes as not specified in the transcript.

The board scheduled its next meeting for the third Thursday in June at 5:00 p.m. and adjourned by voice vote.