Cost concerns drive city toward private EMS

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Negotiations with EMS Unlimited to begin after council’s unanimous vote to replace union-operated ambulance service

After a series of often heated public meetings dating back two years regarding depletion of the city’s cash reserves due to its fire-based EMS service, the Aurora City Council voted unanimously last week to negotiate with EMS Unlimited on a contract for providing ambulance services to Aurora and Hamilton County. City Administrator Adam Darbro reported that negotiations with the Colorado-based…