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OF
CARMEL
CITY cOUNCIL MEMBERS
E. DAVIS COOTS
MINNIE M. DOANE
JAMES D, GARRETSON
ROBERT J. HOrVATH
STANLEY MEACHAM
JANE A. REIMAN
frED t. SWIFT
W~EP~S, the w~lton County Court, il did contribute $29,724.25 in 1977
for Riverview'S Emergency Medical Services and h~ve appropriated $40,000.00
in 1978 for Riverview's Emergency Medical Services, and
WHEREAS, this money comes from the County at large and goes to Riverview
in particular, and
WEEREAS, Riverview Emergency Medical Services generally do not serve the
Ca~mel a~ea, and
WHerEAS, the Carmel Emergency Medical Service answered 830 ambulance runs
in 1977 and Iiii1 ambulance ~us ~s of June 30, 1978, saving the lives of
many people, and
W~.~tEAS, the County would be responsible for answering these calls if
Clay Township did not offer this service, and
W~S, sixty percent of the Carmel-Clay ~ire Department runs a~e ambulance
z~u~s, and the i977 Carmel-Clay Fire Department budget was $476,875,00 of
which a large sum w~s expended for ambulance costs, and
W~, this service is becomio~ too costly for this com~m~tY to bear,
and
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Resolution for Emergency Medical Services
k~S, this cost woUld b~ve to be bo~ne by Biverview and the CountY if
Carmel-Clay did not provide it, therefore Carmel-Clay saved the County
that sum of money, and
%~S, ~3% of the funds allocated by the County comes from the taxes of
the Ca~mel-ClaY communitY,
NOW TBEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Con,on Counoil of the CitY of Carmel
does hereby request that the W~milton County Council appropriate $29,981.~3
(h3% of $29,72~.2~ and ~3% of $~0,000.00) tow~dS the expense of maintaining
the Carmel ~ire Department's Emergency Medical Service for the yea~ of 1979,
so that the 'Carmel-Clay community can continue to provide the Emergency
F~dical Service to the community.
Si~/~e~ and sealed on behalf of the Common Council this
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~be~t B. Pickett, M~r /
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