{"id":2049,"date":"2012-08-22T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T13:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2012-08-22T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T13:27:17","slug":"w-caln-seeks-meeting-over-ambulance-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"W. Caln seeks meeting over ambulance deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wants to talk to W. Brandywine about cost sharing<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Jamie Richard<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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While West Caln would like West Brandywine to pay its share of fuel costs for the Westwood EMT unit stationed in Wagontown, West Brandywine supervisors say they are unwilling to renegotiate the deal which expires at the end of the year.<\/p><\/div>\n

WEST BRANDYWINE \u2013 Thursday\u2019s board of supervisor\u2019s meeting featured correspondence from West Caln, stating that officials there would like to have a joint meeting with West Brandywine in September to discuss the contract for the Westwood ambulance service.<\/p>\n

The Westwood ambulance operates out of the Wagontown Fire Company and has been providing service to both townships since Martin\u2019s Corner discontinued its ambulance service last August.\u00a0 The current contract runs until the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Under the current contract, West Caln pays for all of the ambulance\u2019s fuel expenses.\u00a0 Due to budget constraints, West Caln officials say they would like to only pay for fuel used within their township.\u00a0 Although the West Brandywine supervisors say they sympathize with West Caln, they are unwilling to renegotiate the contract prior to its termination at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand it\u2019s a startup and we want to help West Caln\u2026but I\u2019m not willing to reopen a contract and negotiate fuel until this contract expires,\u201d said board member William Webb.<\/p>\n

Board supervisor Thomas McCaffrey stated that he would consider paying for fuel, but would prefer to rebid the contracts to allow other ambulance services to make offers in an effort to get the best possible deal for the township.\u00a0 Board president Josef Obernier stated that the township had never paid for fuel for Martin\u2019s Corner, but is now receiving full-time service and faster response times from Westwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re receiving a much higher level of service,\u201d said Obernier.<\/p>\n

Westwood Ambulance Chief John Sly informed the board that there was no intent by anyone to open the contract before it ended; he also stated that the ambulance company does not need contribution from the townships, but does require reimbursement for fuel since the amount of income from fund drives has dwindled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambulance service struggles with the same economy and issues we all do,\u201d said Sly.<\/p>\n

According to Sly, Westwood has received approximately $41,000 in donations this year, as compared to Marcus Hook, which previously received approximately $71,000.\u00a0 All residents who donate receive a discount on ambulance service.<\/p>\n

In other business, the board repealed Ordinance 2012-04: Dog Barking and Noise Ordinance.<\/p>\n

At a previous meeting on Aug. 2, the board of supervisors discussed repealing some of their nuisance ordinances, as they felt many of the ordinances had arisen out of private disputes between residents, rather than community-wide issues.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an ordinance that just doesn\u2019t make sense\u2026it\u2019s been on our books and we can\u2019t enforce it,\u201d said Obernier.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Thomas McCaffrey echoed Obernier sentiments, stating the ordinance was a waste of police resources as well as township money.\u00a0 Under the ordinance, police officers were required to monitor noise from a residence using a noise meter, each of which costs approximately $3,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hard-pressed to pay a cop to monitor how loud a dog is barking and I\u2019m hard-pressed to spend three grand on a noise meter,\u201d said McCaffrey.<\/p>\n

The board of supervisors will have their next meeting on Sept. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wants to talk to W. Brandywine about cost sharing By Jamie Richard, Staff Writer, The Times WEST BRANDYWINE \u2013 Thursday\u2019s board of supervisor\u2019s meeting featured correspondence from West Caln, stating that officials there would like to have a joint meeting with West Brandywine in September to discuss the contract for the Westwood ambulance service. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}