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County reviews IU Health and Marion Health ambulance proposals; councilor recommends Marion Health
Summary
On Sept. 17 officials reviewed competing ambulance-service offers: IU Health proposed a single-ambulance option for $200,000 or a $500,000 option to retain current coverage (with a 4% annual increase), while Marion Health proposed a staffed county ambulance plus a second unit staged from Marion East for $500,000 and a 4% annual increase. Council member Ryan Goodspeed recommended Marion Health but no contract vote was taken.
Council member Ryan Goodspeed and Commissioner Dan Borgenheimer presented proposals from IU Health and Marion Health for ambulance coverage in Blackford County. The transcript records IU Health proposals including a single-ambulance option for $200,000 and a $500,000 option that would keep existing coverage; IU Healthalso described a mutual-aid option that could eliminate ambulance service in Montpelier, with both IU and Marion proposals including a proposed 4% annual increase.
Marion Healthproposed maintaining a staffed ambulance in Blackford County at all times and staging a second ambulance from Marion East for $500,000; Marionalso would require the county to provide housing for the ambulance. After discussion, Goodspeed recommended the county "go with Marion Health," but the meeting minutes do not record a formal contract award or vote at the Sept. 17 session; officials said an action on service needs to be taken soon.
