The towns of Pinckard, Newton, Midland City, Grimes and Napier Field had been served by South Dale EMS until Saturday at 7 p.m.
People are also reading… “This is about providing emergency medical services all over our county,” he said. “This is a huge economic development tool, just like having good fire and police protection.” Preliminary talks with those who brought the Wayne Farms Feed Mill to Dale County in 2017 had involved questions about the availability of emergency medical and fire services, he said.
“I think that this has happened because of the special bond that we formed when the Dale County Commission decided to leave us out of the ARPA-American Rescue Plan Act funds distribution,” Blankenship said, referring to the commission’s distribution of approximately $1.6 million to be distributed to EMS providers in 10 planned quarterly distributions, the first of which has been given.
City Attorney Joe W. Adams told the council that he agreed with Blankenship’s assessment that this agreement between the city and the five municipalities at the south end of the county is a positive step forward. “It puts the City of Ozark in a relationship with other municipalities that might not have been there in the past because of distance,” he said.