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County agrees to pay $7,500 annually to support hospital transportation program
Summary
Commissioners approved paying the full $7,500 annual county contribution to the hospital-operated community transportation program in quarterly installments to help stabilize driver recruitment and service availability amid declining ridership.
The commission voted to provide the transportation program with the full $7,500 annual county support, payable in quarterly installments, after a presentation describing falling ridership and driver recruitment difficulties.
The hospital representative said the program is supported largely by state and federal grants but that ridership has declined and recruiting reliable drivers is difficult; she asked the county to take the full $7,500 budgeted amount for the year to help stabilize staffing and operations. "So my hopes would be that we if we could, is just take the full 7,500 for the year," the presenter said.
Commissioners asked whether changing from mileage-based reimbursement to a flat annual payment would affect grant reporting; the presenter said she would include the full $7,500 in grant applications and could provide quarterly reports. The motion to pay $7,500 annually in quarterly installments passed.
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