The county’s ambulance contract discussion continues.
Carl Slaugh, speaking as a resident rather than in his capacity as city council member, shared information with the commission relevant to the ambulance agreement between the City of Iola and Allen County.
Slaugh shared a bit of history regarding the agreement, as well as some statistics on the number of emergency workers employed by the city and how many calls they responded to over the past couple years.
“Because we run both fire and EMS,” he said, “there are times when a decision has to be made of which one has priority. That becomes an issue infrequently, but with limited resources, somebody makes the decision. That’s why we exercise mutual aid, mostly with Chanute.”