As the Greene County Board of Supervisors prepares to take over the ambulance services, they discussed the proposed budget.

Greene County Sheriff Jack Williams reviewed the 2020 fiscal year budget, which includes $512,300 for expenses. Most of the expenses were based on six full-time employees and a director position. Two additional expenses were equipment-related, like a cardiac monitor for $38,000 and another electric cot for $35,000. Williams said the six full-time employees will allow for the first ambulance to be fully staffed 24-hours, the second ambulance to be on “standby” with part-time help, and the third ambulance would be used “as needed.”

The estimated revenues for the next fiscal year were $350,000. Williams noted that was discussed and agreed upon with Emergency Medical Services Co-Founder Dennis Morlan.

There is an estimated $100,000 expense that will be an upcoming budget amendment to this year’s budget to enable the County to purchase existing equipment from Morlan to use going forward. Prior to the agreement, the County had contributed $50,000 annually to the ambulance service.

The Supervisors recently announced that they would take over the ambulance services following the retirements of Dennis and Marcia Morlan, who ran Greene County EMS for over 32 years. Dennis previously has said that he can’t physically do the job anymore due to stomach cancer treatments.

The tentative transition from Morlan to the County owning the ambulance service is April 1st.