(Guthrie Center, IA) — The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors are now starting to address the needs of Emergency Medical Services in the county on the heels of the EMS measure that failed in November.
It has been 9 months since voters in the county voted against a tax fund for EMS in Guthrie County and to declare EMS an essential service. However, Board Chair Maggie Armstrong said at Tuesday’s meeting that the supervisors must declare it an essential service in order to address it moving forward
Supervisors Steve Smith, JD Kuster, and Brian Johnson all want to proceed as soon as possible with the EMS issue
Supervisor Mike Dickson wanted to wait and explore other options since the voters rejected EMS as an essential service
In the end, the Supervisors voted 4-1 with Dickson voting against to put out a public notice to declare EMS an essential service with another vote on EMS coming on October 14.
