Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on May 3, 2016.
After an outside study of Lawrence’s and Douglas County’s emergency medical services agreement called for the county to increase its contribution, city leaders said Tuesday that they were ready to move toward the creation of a new agreement.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received a report regarding the EMS study, which was recently completed by the Public Policy and Management Center at Wichita State University. Under the city’s and county’s current agreement to jointly fund and provide emergency medical services, the city pays about three-quarters of the cost for the service and the county pays the remainder, but the consultant recommended that the county increase its share.
Lawrence City Hall is pictured in September 2018.
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss an outside study of the city’s agreement with Douglas County to jointly fund and provide emergency medical services, the results of which call for the county to increase how much money it provides toward the service.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a report regarding the EMS study, which was recently completed by The Public Policy and Management Center at Wichita State University. Currently, the city pays about three-quarters of the cost for the service and the county pays the remainder.