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County updates: new licensed paramedic, ambulance delivery and child‑abuse advocacy MOU
Summary
The county heard public‑safety updates: an employee completed paramedic certification, a new ambulance is due March 2, and law‑enforcement and child‑welfare agencies signed an MOU with the Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center on Feb. 11.
Public‑safety officials briefed the board on staffing, equipment and an interagency agreement.
Craig Johnson, EMS Director, reported that Calvin Dennis received county support to attend paramedic training and is now a licensed paramedic in Michigan. Johnson also said January call volume was down and noted plans to address a water issue at Station 3 in Frankfort this spring; a new ambulance was scheduled for delivery on March 2.
Sheriff Schendel announced that on Feb. 11 the Benzie County Sheriff’s Office, the Benzie County Prosecuting Attorney, Frankfort Police Department and the Department of Human Services signed a memorandum of understanding with the Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center to coordinate responses to child‑abuse cases.
The meeting minutes record those announcements but do not include operational schedules for the ambulance or details of the MOU beyond the agencies that signed it.
