By Andrew Walsh
awalsh@wbcowqel.com
The Central Joint Ambulance District held some discussions about funding for future contracts during their meeting Wednesday night.
Chatfield Township Trustee Terry Leonhart had initially brought to the table information concerning a grant from the Local Government Safety council, but this segued into a broader discussion of what long term plans need to be for the county in regards to providing ambulance service and the funding necessary.
“We need to be looking at all our options,” Leonhart said.
It was eventually deemed that applying for this particular grant was not practical with the turnaround time for the application being only 30 days away, but it is something that can be considered in years to come.
The current deal with Lifesupport runs through the end of 2017.
LifeSupport gave the following breakdown for ambulance runs:
234 Runs; 29 Refusals; 21 Fire Stand bys; 12 canceled; and six assists. The breakdown by township was seven to Auburn; 12 to Jefferson; five to Bucyrus; one to Liberty; three to Chatfield; two to Lykens; two to Cranberry; zero to Sandusky; one to Dallas; one to Tod; eight to Holmes; three to Vernon; and 19 to Whetstone; 170 were made to Bucyrus City. 135 went to Bucyrus hospital, two to Shelby hospital, 20 to Galion and one to Mansfield.
The next CJAD meeting will be at 6:30 pm on March 16 in the Sheriff’s Office.