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City of La Salle renews ambulance service agreement through 2029 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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City of Salle renews Ambulance Service Agreement through twenty twenty-nine. Written
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by Emily Beebe. This article is being read by an automated voice,
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brought to you by Everlet. LaSalle City Council on Monday approved a
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three-year renewal of the city's agreement with Stark County Ambulance Service, the
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provider responsible for staffing LaSalle's 911 paramedic response. The Ordinance
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Corrected A Scrivener's Error in Ordinance No. 3160 passed during the Council
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meeting on September twenty-eighth, specifying a termination date of on or before
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September 30, 2029, which is consistent with the agreement's terms. Stark
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County Ambulance Service has served as the city's primary paramedic provider since
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October 2024, when LaSalle terminated its contract with Paramedic Services of Illinois
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after staffing shortages reduced available paramedics from 6 to 2, according to
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a Shaw local article from 2024. Under the agreement, SCAS provides six
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licensed paramedics assigned exclusively to LaSalle, with at least two on duty
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at all times stationed at the LaSalle Fire Department. The city pays
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seven hundred thirty five thousand nine hundred and four dollars annually. The
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renewal commits LaSalle to the arrangement through september twenty twenty nine.