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City to seek consultant for public safety facility needs; EMS takeover could take years, staff says
Summary
Staff announced an agenda item to contract a consultant to assess needs for a public‑safety facility and standalone fire station; a staff/EMS representative said the city could phase in EMS staffing over ~5 years, potentially adding ambulances annually if contract negotiations with CareFlight allow.
A staff member told council the city will place an agenda item on the next regular meeting to hire a consultant to create a needs assessment for a combined public‑safety facility and a standalone fire station. "We're gonna have an agenda item at the next council meeting... a consultant to talk about getting them under contract to work towards a needs assessment for a public safety facility and then also a standalone fire station," the staff member said.
Separately, an EMS/staff representative described the EMS chief's role in negotiating a third‑party EMS contract and said a full municipal takeover would likely be multi‑year: "I think the goal is... we're looking at probably the next 5 years probably before we can fully take it over," the speaker said, adding the city could staff one ambulance per year as capacity grows and pending contractual decisions with CareFlight.
