TOWER- Members of the Tower Ambulance Commission looked at ways of moving to a higher level of emergency care, called Advanced Life Support, at their quarterly meeting on April 4, but not before the …
Jodi Summit
TOWER- Members of the Tower Ambulance Commission are still reluctant to agree to an increase of the per capita subsidy amount, currently set at $15, for the ambulance replacement fund.
At the quarterly meeting on April 5, Ambulance Supervisor Dena Suihkonen told the group that the city’s attempt to get CDBG funding to help pay for a second ambulance was unsuccessful, because while Tower and Breitung qualify for CDBG funding, the surrounding townships of Eagles Nest, Greenwood, and Vermilion Lake do not.
“We didn’t qualify,” said Suihkonen. “It would have been nice.”
The service recently purchased a new ambulance but needs to replace one more rig to have two reliable units to respond to emergencies.
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Ambulance Commission discusses raising subsidy rate from $15 to $20 Posted
Jodi Summit
TOWER- A proposal to raise the 2021 per capita subsidy rate from $15 to $20, which helps fund the purchase of new ambulances, will be forwarded from the representatives of the Tower Ambulance Commission to their respective governmental bodies for approval.
The former head of the city’s ambulance service, Steve Altenburg, had requested an increase in the ambulance subsidy last year, but that request was denied and the commission instead opted to approve a one-year agreement at the previous rate of $15.