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Fire chief outlines plan to transfer EMS transport to St. Charles County Ambulance District
Summary
Fire Chief Joe Gragnani presented Council Bill 14061, an intergovernmental MOU to establish automatic aid and transition EMS transport responsibility from the City fire department to the St. Charles County Ambulance District; the bill was introduced for further consideration and received public support during comment.
Fire Chief Joe Gragnani told the City Council March 3 that Council Bill 14061 represents the first step in the Fire Department's strategic plan to transition Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport responsibilities to the St. Charles County Ambulance District (SCCAD).
The introduced ordinance authorizes an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding between the City of St. Charles (on behalf of its fire department) and SCCAD to establish a cooperative framework for automatic-aid EMS responses and for the transition of sole EMS transport responsibility to the ambulance district. The bill lists multiple council sponsors and was read into the record as an item for introduction; no final action was taken that night.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, Eli Stobel, representing Local757, spoke in favor of Council Bill 14061. No formal vote on the bill occurred at the March 3 meeting; the bill will proceed through the City's legislative process on future agendas.
