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. Minutes, Regular Meeting, June 17, 1981, Page 6 if we get in hot water we can get out; it won't cost us anything. It's going to cost you some money. I think you ought to get out and talk to the present operator, try to come up with an agreement and save the people some money and pay the man for a decent wage for what he does. When you're dying out there, you call the ambulance; he is on the hot spot out there. My job don't put anybody on the hot spot. When he tends to business it's a life or death situation. I think the citizens of La Porte thinks what you all are getting ready to do is wrong. I have talked to many of them. It has not worked in the past; it will not work in the future. It will cost you lots of money. Go this other way; rare back and spend some money for a good ambulance service. I think when I ask for a paramedic, I was told they voluntarily put one on there. A paramedic is going to cost you money. When you go out to buy a set of tires they don't throw in the fifth one for nothing. You get what you pay for. I can't find any- one objecting to the overall total service they have been given by the present ambulance company. I think he has been subsidizing the City. I think you have a good service, and I think you ought to talk to him. I think you should find out for yourself and make an intelligent decision for your- . selves. Thank you. Meza: Thank you, Mr. Boyle. I have another person wishing to be heard. Would you step to the mike, please? My name is Kevin Graves. I live at 620 South Virginia in La Porte. I came to make two statements concerning the ambu- lance service. First there should be some consideration given as to why there were no more bids than there were, when before the bids went out there were several more services interested and attending Council meeting. There must be something in the contract they can't live with. Second, I would like to say that since the City has done some investigation and knows what it is going to cost to run an ambulance service, and it's more than the present service is receiving. Why not consider talking to the present service and offering him more money? If he can up-grade his service to give a better class of service; he has given us good service. I've been a volunteer fireman and a reserve policeman; I've been on the scene when he has worked on people. I've been down in the water and he has been down in the water too, to pull people out of cars. He has given a good service from what I've seen. I believe it is a necessary and needed in- crease that he can supply a better ambulance service. That's • all I've got to say. Thank you very much.