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Board approves short-term ambulance purchase to stabilize EMS fleet
Summary
Following an ambulance accident and multiple vehicles in shop, the board approved purchasing a used 2018 ambulance for $60,000 plus up to $10,000 in outfitting costs (total up to $70,000) to restore ambulance capacity until a new unit arrives in October.
The board approved an emergency appropriation to purchase a used ambulance to restore the county's EMS capacity after one vehicle was wrecked and others were temporarily out of service.
Chair (speaker 2) described the situation: several units were unavailable due to repairs and one was likely totaled after an accident, leaving the county short of its usual fleet. Staff located a used 2018 ambulance priced at $60,000; speaker 2 said it would "take no more than 10,000 to get it in service" for equipment and code compliance, putting the short-term acquisition cost at about $70,000 in total. Administration framed the purchase as a bridge until a new vehicle arrives in October.
Board members discussed policy and vehicle-priority repair practices for county-owned emergency vehicles. One participant later misstated the figure as "$270,000," but the discussion and motion as presented in multiple places in the transcript indicate the intended purchase price was $60,000 plus up to $10,000 in preparation costs. The board voted to proceed; staff will work with the emergency squad on logistics and funding.
