STURGIS — Meade County has awarded the Meade County Rural Ambulance District $5,000 to get the new district up and running.
District board members actually had asked for $10,000, but the Meade County Commission voted to give them $5,000.
Commissioners Doreen Creed, Rich Liggett and Rod Bradley voted in favor of allocating the money from the commission’s contingency fund. Commissioner Ted Seaman voted against it. Commissioner Talbot Wieczorek abstained because an associate in his law firm is currently working for the ambulance district board.
Board member Edward Miller says the money from taxpayers won’t come in until April, and the grant will go toward covering start-up costs like insurance, legal fees, and accounting fees.
The Rural Ambulance board will discuss their budget at a September 21st meeting.
