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Does Germantown Hills need its own ambulance?
YES
Germantown Hills voters earlier this year, voted to approve a levy increase to provide ambulance service within the village limits.
Last week the Germantown Hills Fire Department Board voted to approve a levy increase of 87.5 percent, or an increase of $295,000, to fund that service and man it with a paramedic 24/7 on Dec. 6.
Germantown Hills Fire Board Trustee Greg Harman said it is not satisfactory for the village to depend on ambulance service from Metamora.
Harman said, “From an ambulance standpoint we can levy $500,000. We’re not. We are looking at our needs.”
NO
A repeated comment at the Dec. 6 hearing went like this: “E116 wants to go paramedic. Do we need it for 158 calls? How many of those 158 needed a paramedic?”
That question was never answered.
Another telling comment was, “There’s a lot of things that would save a life. An emergency room here would save lives, but we can’t afford it. Growth here has stopped.”
The bone of contention for many was that the levy amount they thought was going to be $60,000 and would go to E116 is now $295,000 and may be going to the Eureka Fire Department.
Tell us where you stand.
Take our online poll only at www.woodfordtimes.com.
Does Germantown Hills need its own ambulance?
YES
Germantown Hills voters earlier this year, voted to approve a levy increase to provide ambulance service within the village limits.
Last week the Germantown Hills Fire Department Board voted to approve a levy increase of 87.5 percent, or an increase of $295,000, to fund that service and man it with a paramedic 24/7 on Dec. 6.
Germantown Hills Fire Board Trustee Greg Harman said it is not satisfactory for the village to depend on ambulance service from Metamora.
Harman said, “From an ambulance standpoint we can levy $500,000. We’re not. We are looking at our needs.”
NO
A repeated comment at the Dec. 6 hearing went like this: “E116 wants to go paramedic. Do we need it for 158 calls? How many of those 158 needed a paramedic?”
That question was never answered.
Another telling comment was, “There’s a lot of things that would save a life. An emergency room here would save lives, but we can’t afford it. Growth here has stopped.”
The bone of contention for many was that the levy amount they thought was going to be $60,000 and would go to E116 is now $295,000 and may be going to the Eureka Fire Department.
Tell us where you stand.
Take our online poll only at www.woodfordtimes.com.
