Town of New Berlin officials accept six-month ambulance contract
NEW BERLIN – Town of New Berlin council members voted to accept a six-month ambulance service contract with the Village of New Berlin and the Town of Pittsfield on Monday night in order to keep the service operational.
At an emergency meeting held on New Year's Eve, Village of New Berlin Mayor Terry Potter said the municipalities needed to work out an agreement that would keep New Berlin’s ambulance service operational after Town of Columbus officials voted against continuing their contract with the service.
At that meeting, officials from the Village of New Berlin and from the Town of Pittsfield discussed the future of the ambulance service, and agreed that with the help of the Town of New Berlin, they could continue to keep the service operational, but with a coverage time reduction from 24 to 16 hours each day.
On Monday night, the New Berlin Town Council voted to accept the six month long agreement, but agreed as a whole that they would closely examine the progress of the service throughout the six month timespan.
According to Town of New Berlin Supervisor Bob Starr, the ambulance service received 361 billable calls from January to December, and he said based on the cost of the average call that should have grossed approximately $225,000.
Starr said for the fiscal year, June through December, the service had 197 billable calls which he estimated produced approximately $123,000, which is a sign that the service could be very successful.
"That's not a bad revenue for six months," said Starr. "Plus the amount of money that the towns chip in, I look at that as a considerable profit margin."
After discussing how the ambulance service faired in 2018, the council began their vote on its new six month contract.
Although council members debated some of the language in the contract, the members voted unanimously to accept it, and said they hope to see better results this year.
"Everyone is the valley is looking for coverage, and right now the New Berlin ambulance is traveling a lot to cover people who don't normally have coverage," said Starr. "There were 175 mutual aid calls for the year."
In the prior Village of New Berlin board meeting, officials said each municipality who agreed to continue with the New Berlin Ambulance Service would have to pay $37,500 for the service, totaling $112,500.
Village of New Berlin officials also said order to help keep costs low the service would cut down it’s operational time from 24 hours a day to 16 hours a day.
New Berlin Ambulance Service representatives said the 16 hours that the service would be operational for was tentatively set for 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., but officials from the village said that was subject to change.
“The goal is to return to 24 hours a day coverage eventually,” said Potter. “But I think we’ve got a good plan going forward, and we’re going to do everything we can to make this work for the community.”
At an emergency meeting held on New Year's Eve, Village of New Berlin Mayor Terry Potter said the municipalities needed to work out an agreement that would keep New Berlin’s ambulance service operational after Town of Columbus officials voted against continuing their contract with the service.
At that meeting, officials from the Village of New Berlin and from the Town of Pittsfield discussed the future of the ambulance service, and agreed that with the help of the Town of New Berlin, they could continue to keep the service operational, but with a coverage time reduction from 24 to 16 hours each day.
On Monday night, the New Berlin Town Council voted to accept the six month long agreement, but agreed as a whole that they would closely examine the progress of the service throughout the six month timespan.
According to Town of New Berlin Supervisor Bob Starr, the ambulance service received 361 billable calls from January to December, and he said based on the cost of the average call that should have grossed approximately $225,000.
Starr said for the fiscal year, June through December, the service had 197 billable calls which he estimated produced approximately $123,000, which is a sign that the service could be very successful.
"That's not a bad revenue for six months," said Starr. "Plus the amount of money that the towns chip in, I look at that as a considerable profit margin."
After discussing how the ambulance service faired in 2018, the council began their vote on its new six month contract.
Although council members debated some of the language in the contract, the members voted unanimously to accept it, and said they hope to see better results this year.
"Everyone is the valley is looking for coverage, and right now the New Berlin ambulance is traveling a lot to cover people who don't normally have coverage," said Starr. "There were 175 mutual aid calls for the year."
In the prior Village of New Berlin board meeting, officials said each municipality who agreed to continue with the New Berlin Ambulance Service would have to pay $37,500 for the service, totaling $112,500.
Village of New Berlin officials also said order to help keep costs low the service would cut down it’s operational time from 24 hours a day to 16 hours a day.
New Berlin Ambulance Service representatives said the 16 hours that the service would be operational for was tentatively set for 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., but officials from the village said that was subject to change.
“The goal is to return to 24 hours a day coverage eventually,” said Potter. “But I think we’ve got a good plan going forward, and we’re going to do everything we can to make this work for the community.”
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