Wrong Again.

 “Recently a town flack said that the insurance money paid by 

the taxpayer for the ambulance service was "no where near 40 

thousand dollars."

     Well that was the figure given by the a Fire Commission 

member that was negotiating the "agreements". Is the Fire Chief 

telling the truth or is the Commission telling the truth?

    Look at the track records involved.  Anyway you look at it, the 

taxpayer pays twice, once in our taxes and once when we use the 

ambulance service.”

No one is disputing the number appearing in the agreement.  What is in dispute is the accuracy of that number. It is not correct, and was never subsequently proven to be correct when the Department made inquiry. 

Mr. St. John’s “agreement” was an attempt to take over and control the Fire Department Ambulance.  The Department flatly rejected Mr. St. John’s one-sided agreement that was not worth the paper it was printed on.   It would have essentially killed the goose that laid the golden egg.  Tom Gormley is currently working with the MVFD to draft a new agreement that will benefit the Town, the Department, and the residents of Middlebury.

The $40,000 figure is NOT correct.  It does not cost $40,000 to insure 2 vehicles that come under the Town’s Fleet insurance and 12 ambulance auxiliary members.  The number is bogus.

The MVFD ambulance is a bargain for this community.  If it disappeared, then watch your taxes go up.  

What really threatens the MVFD ambulance is apathy among residents.  The ambulance cannot roll unless there are trained EMTs to ride it. The MVFD needs EMTs.  Volunteer and they will train you. Become involved. Its really the one sure way you can become a hero.