County to purchase not one, but two defibrillators
NORWICH – There is no way of knowing if the death of a Utica man last week may have been avoided if the Utica City Hall had been equipped with an automatic external defibrillator, but Chenango County’s leaders aren’t taking any chances. Yesterday, the county’s board of supervisors approved the purchase of two AEDs for the County Office Building.
“I just hope I never have to have it used on me,” said City of Norwich Supervisor James McNeil, who supported the purchase of the life saving devices, which use an electric current to shock the heart back into rhythm.
The units, which cost $2,322 each, will be purchased from tobacco settlement funds in the Public Health Educator account.
“I think that’s a really appropriate funding source,” said Town of Pitcher Supervisor Jeffrey Blanchard, who commented on the link between tobacco use and heart disease.
According to Town of Smithville Supervisor Allan Johnson, who sits on the Personnel Committee, the location of the AEDs will be left to the discretion of the Public Health Department. It was the department’s director, Marcas Flindt, who brought the original proposal to buy the equipment before two committees last week.
While the plan found support in the Personnel Committe, there was a heated debate among Finance Committee members over whether the county should purchase the life saving devices. Co-chair of that committee, Town of Pharsalia Supervisor Dennis Brown, had objected strenuously to the proposal. He remained vocal in his opposition to the purchase at the full board of supervisors meeting.
“There is already a debifrillator in the county building,” he said, questioning the need for additional devices when there was currently an AED located in the Family and Surrogate Courts on the office building’s top floor.
The majority of the board did not appear to share the Pharsalia supervisor’s concerns. When brought to a vote, 18 supervisors voted to adopt the resolution. Only Brown and two other members of the Finance Committee, Town of Oxford Supervisor Lawrence Wilcox and Town of Sherburne Supervisor Harry Conley, voted against the proposition.
“I just hope I never have to have it used on me,” said City of Norwich Supervisor James McNeil, who supported the purchase of the life saving devices, which use an electric current to shock the heart back into rhythm.
The units, which cost $2,322 each, will be purchased from tobacco settlement funds in the Public Health Educator account.
“I think that’s a really appropriate funding source,” said Town of Pitcher Supervisor Jeffrey Blanchard, who commented on the link between tobacco use and heart disease.
According to Town of Smithville Supervisor Allan Johnson, who sits on the Personnel Committee, the location of the AEDs will be left to the discretion of the Public Health Department. It was the department’s director, Marcas Flindt, who brought the original proposal to buy the equipment before two committees last week.
While the plan found support in the Personnel Committe, there was a heated debate among Finance Committee members over whether the county should purchase the life saving devices. Co-chair of that committee, Town of Pharsalia Supervisor Dennis Brown, had objected strenuously to the proposal. He remained vocal in his opposition to the purchase at the full board of supervisors meeting.
“There is already a debifrillator in the county building,” he said, questioning the need for additional devices when there was currently an AED located in the Family and Surrogate Courts on the office building’s top floor.
The majority of the board did not appear to share the Pharsalia supervisor’s concerns. When brought to a vote, 18 supervisors voted to adopt the resolution. Only Brown and two other members of the Finance Committee, Town of Oxford Supervisor Lawrence Wilcox and Town of Sherburne Supervisor Harry Conley, voted against the proposition.
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