UNION COUNTY – Ambulance service in Union County will officially change September 20.
County commissioners approved the bid by St. Clair EMS of Connersville, according to the Liberty Herald.
St. Clair EMS is a family-run service and has provided emergency and non-emergency transportation services to the Connersville area.
Commissioners approved the bid at approximately $200,000 a year, and a monthly rate around $16,600.
The newspaper reports it was the lowest of three bids received by commissioners. The ambulance provider will assume services in Union County effective September 20.
The county was in need of a new ambulance service after Rural/Metro announced in August the company would halt services in all but one Indiana community.
Commissioners will fund St. Clair EMS approximately $27,750 for start-up costs and ten days in September.
