At their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, November 5, the Choctaw County Board of Supervisors opened proposals from four different ambulance companies: Pafford Medical, LifeCare, CareMed and Medstat.
The companies gave proposals on three different options with Pafford giving a fourth option. The proposals are as follows:
Option 1: two fully staffed, equipped and operational ALS (Advanced Life Support) ambulances, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Pafford, $390.4K; LifeCare, $696.78K; CareMed, $676K; Medstat, $742.98K. LifeCare offered an option with Emergency Medical Dispatch service, $735K.
Option 2: one fully staffed, equipped and operational ALS ambulance, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. One fully staffed, equipped and operational ALS ambulance, 12 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Pafford, $387.15K; LifeCare, $543.068K; CareMed, $489K; Medstat, $504.98K.
Option 3: one fully staffed, equipped and operational ALS ambulance, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Pafford, $355K; CareMed, $322K; Medstat, $394.98K. LifeCare did not offer a proposal for Option 3.
Option 4: One fully staffed, equipped and operational ALS ambulance, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week; one fully staffed, equipped and operational Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Pafford, $380,75K.
The Board took the proposals under advisement with no further action.
In other action, the Board:
Voted 5-0 to approve payment to MasterCraft Builders in the amount of $64K.
Voted 5-0 to approve payment to Engineering Services in the amount of $1.123K.
Voted 5-0 to approve payment in the amount of $520K for soil/cement project.
Voted 5-0 to approve jail inspection.
Voted 5-0 to purchase a patrol car for the Sheriff’s Dept. under state contract pricing.
Voted 5-0 to turn down an ARC grant for the Hardwire building.
Voted 5-0 to accept the resignation of Sierra Holland from the Soil and Water Conservation District.
In a called meeting on Friday, November 9 the Board:
Voted to hire Robert Triplett at Solid Waste.
Voted to approve payment the amount of $518K for soil/cement project. This vote was needed as the amount of $520K approved in the earlier meeting was incorrect.
Voted to approve a letter to CMS stating that the County does own the nursing home facility.
The next scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors is Monday, November 19, at 9 a.m.
