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Local News - August 2003 |
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County delays emergency services measure |
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Published August 6, 2003 |
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By ALICE SMITH, LTN Staff Writer County commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to delay a newly adopted ordinance regulating emergency services in Lincoln County. Commissioners approved June 16 an EMS Systems Plan which set forth standards for pre-hospital medical care and rescue services. The board also approved an ordinance that gave Lincoln County EMS the authority to make sure standards were being met. That ordinance caused some controversy among the county’s fire departments and rescue squads, who said they weren’t properly informed of the plan and ordinance before their adoption. During a meeting of all emergency services agencies in July, department heads were also concerned that the ordinance gave the impression that firefighters and rescue workers weren’t meeting training requirements. EMS Director Ron Rombs said Monday that the plan was not intended to imply that any departments were not trained or not performing sufficiently, he said. A committee was formed to resolve any concerns over matters related to medical and rescue services. That group met last week and voted unanimously to do away with the Lincoln County Emergency Medical and Rescue Services Ordinance, according to a memo from Rombs to the board. Rombs said he presented the committee with a revised ordinance — the Lincoln County Pre-hospital and Emergency Service Ordinance — that completely removes all rescue related material. Since the Rules of Procedure of the Lincoln County Board Commissioners prohibit reconsideration of an issue that has already been decided unless the motion is made at the same meeting, commissioners voted to suspend the rules to permit reconsideration. They then voted unanimously to reconsider the Lincoln County Emergency Medical and Rescue Services Ordinance adopted in June. A final vote delayed the effective date of the ordinance indefinitely. That makes the ordinance “like an uncashed check,” county Attorney Jeff Taylor said. It’s still on paper, just on hold, Taylor said. The next step is to present the revised ordinance for public hearing at the board’s Sept. 22 meeting.
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