12-14-1983 Special Meeting Industrial Development Corporation Board of Directors

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Minutes, Public ~ring and Special Called ~ting, La Porte City Council December 14, 1983, Page 4 . Mayor Cline: Council has discussed that, and it was the feeling of Council that service would not be furnished there. Councilperson Graves: There are still some situations being unaddressed. I'll get with you later and see what we can work out. Councilperson Skelton: There were some problem areas because part of Bay M.D.D. was served by another ambulance company and it was only a small part in Bay M.D.D. and they could not meet the requirements to pay the same amount as the other citizens in the City of La Porte and we voted not to provide services. Mayor Cline: The ambulance service is having a difficult time dealing with them? Is that what you're saying, Kevin? Councilperson Graves: The police dispatchers are, I believe. Somebody calls in and they give them the 2 numbers and say call these 2 numbers to get an ambulance. If those 2 numbers if neither one of them is going to run an ambulance down there, what are we going to do? Councilperson Skelton: It's up to them, I believe. Our police . department was supposed to be notified after that Council action at a regular Council meeting and notify our dispatchers not to send our ambulance. Mayor Cline: Jack, are you aware of any problems over there? City Manager Owen: Of course, I realize the pressure this puts upon the dispatcher, but her instructions have been not to dispatch it. But that does put a tremendous pressure on the dispatcher, I'll admit. Councilperson Graves: Suppose one of our police officers assists another otticer down there, has a high speed chase, and cracks up on l46? City Manager Owen: We'd dispatch it then. Mayor Cline: I've heard some very good reports about the members ot the ambulance board working so diligently to get this problem resolved and the services provided by the personnel and the ambulance service and I know it's looking much better at this time than it did a year ago. Councilperson Malone: Mayor, I want to make a remark about the news story on the ambulance service and the board,etc., and just . cvwJ:lliment Jack Owen and the ambulance crew for the job they are doing. And especially our ambulance board. John made a good report, and the way I understood the news article, we don't get a good article like that very often, but it sounds like the ambulance group is doing OK.