City to seek proposals from private EMS

City administrator reports that budget cuts are being reviewed across the board

  • Members of the Aurora City Council heard feedback from 20 people during last week’s meeting regarding a plan to solicit proposals from private EMS providers in light of the city’s EMS funding shortfall. Each speaker was given three minutes to share their thoughts.
    Members of the Aurora City Council heard feedback from 20 people during last week’s meeting regarding a plan to solicit proposals from private EMS providers in light of the city’s EMS funding shortfall. Each speaker was given three minutes to share their thoughts.

    The Aurora City Council voted unanimously last week to seek requests for proposals from privately run ambulance services after hearing more than an hour of feedback from community members who spoke both for and against considering an alternative to the city’s existing fire-based EMS operation.A crowd estimated at nearly 150 people showed up for a meeting moved from City Hall to the Bremer Center i…