EMS Plan Goes To Referendum In November
By Jeremy Van Duyne
BLOOMING GROVE - Officials in Blooming Grove have announced that they intend to put the acceptance of the county EMS plan up for a referendum in the November 2022 election.Back in July the Pike County Commissioners Office unveiled a plan for fixing EMS related services throughout Pike County. The main structure of the plan was built around incentivizing townships to invest more into their own EMS service with promises of up to a certain matched investment amount from the county.
While not considered a permanent solution to the problem, the county commissioners presented the plan as being a base point for improving Pike County EMS services piece by piece...............For more information subscribe to our paper.
Twp. Rejects Borough Councilmans’ Appeal
By Dakota Hendricks
SHOHOLA- Shohola Township Chairman George Fluhr said the township has received a letter from a Councilmember of Milford Borough about distributing all of the upcoming $15,000 quarterly EMS funding to Milford EMS.
In an email directed to Fluhr, Milford Borough Councilman Joe Dooley appears to request the next EMS disbursal be granted to Milford EMS to cover the expenses of EMS 33. Fluhr said all departments that respond in Shohola could submit documentation and receive funding but in the first quarter of 2021 only Dingman Township complied. Fluhr said he spoke to the Milford Fire Chief and he said they “forgot” to submit the paperwork................For more information subscribe to our paper.