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Video: Dollars for OC Ambulance
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Worcester County Commissioners meeting of 5/10/2005. Video segment covers discussion of spending in FY 2005/2006 for funding the Ocean City amuulance service to West Ocean City. Bud Church wanted an additional $300,000 granted to Ocean City for service runs to West Ocean City. Motion was defeated with Church, and Gulyas voting YES; Boggs, Purnell, Bloxom, and Shockley voting NO; Cetola abstaining. Cetola then offered a motion to provide a grat of $50,000. It too was defeated with Cetola, Church and Gulyas voting YES; Boggs, Purnell, Bloxom and Shockley voting NO.

Shockley and Bloxom pointed out during the discussion that Berlin answered more clals outside its service area than did Ocean City, as well as the fact that the Commissioners had never been aware of a surcharge Ocean City was already charging for calls to West Ocean City.

Boggs and Purnell pointed out that Ocean City should be treated in the same manner as outher jurisdictions, expressing concern that arbitrarily increasing the grant to Ocean City would mean other juristictions would not be treated fairly.