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Prairie City council notes EMS staffing shortfall, approves final $11,768 retention for Fire/EMS building
Summary
Council accepted ambulance resignations and appointed interim ambulance officers as part of the consent agenda, heard that EMS now has four drivers and four EMTs, and unanimously approved a final retention payment of $11,768 for the Fire/EMS building contingent on MSA approval of the punch list.
At its Oct. 8 meeting the Prairie City City Council approved consent-agenda items accepting ambulance department resignations and appointing interim ambulance department officers, and later unanimously approved payment of the final retention for the Fire/EMS building in the amount of $11,768 conditioned on MSA—s final punch-list sign-off.
Interim EMS Director Dan Riemersma reported eight EMS calls in September; only two occurred during daytime hours when the council—s record shows there was not a crew available. The record lists the EMS department as having four drivers and four EMTs. The EMS vendor fair held during the 15th Annual Car Show involved 29 vendors and raised $725 for the Rescue Association. Fire department notes in the record (attributed to —Ryan—) show one truck fire in September, one new member added, and the car show drew 341 cars with profits of $16,065.49 and $6,900 designated for the Rescue Association.
The ambulance resignations and interim-officer appointments were approved as part of the consent agenda vote recorded in the meeting packet. The council later approved a final retention payment for the Fire/EMS building, with the motion stipulating release of funds after MSA representative Preston Moon signs off that the final punch list is complete; that motion passed unanimously.
During the public-comment portion the transcript records a person identified as "Deb Townsend, 604 E Plainsmen Rd" acknowledging the service of EMS volunteers who resigned and thanking them; the record does not clarify whether that line refers to Mayor Pro Tem Deb Townsend or a different person with the same name.
