{"id":9676,"date":"2016-01-22T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T15:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=9676"},"modified":"2016-01-22T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T15:53:00","slug":"muskoka-to-take-over-delivery-of-ambulance-service1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/muskoka-to-take-over-delivery-of-ambulance-service1\/","title":{"rendered":"Muskoka to take over delivery of ambulance service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>District of Muskoka staff will move forward with bringing in-house the delivery of ambulance services to the area. The move will break ties with private contractor Medavie EMS Ontario Ltd., which has been servicing the area since 2009.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Staff has until December 31, 2016 to complete the transition and has been given a budget of $115,000 for expenditures such as the procurement of consultants and software in order to move the service in-house. Its current contract with Medavie expired on December 31, 2015, but staff has indicated that the private contractor is willing to work with the upper-tier municipality during the transition.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Medavie charged the District roughly $210,000 in management fees to provide the service. In the spring of 2015 District staff issued a request for proposal to see if other operators would provide the service cheaper. It received just one proposal from Medavie with a three per cent increase over 2015. Staff has since recommended that the delivery of ambulance service be taken in-house in its entirety. A report by staff indicates there could be a savings of anywhere from $390,205 to $499,492 if the provision of ambulance service is taken over by the District.<\/p>\n<p>The change is not expected to have an impact on paramedics but it\u2019s likely to impact management staff although in a previous interview the representative for Muskoka\u2019s largest municipality, Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison, indicated that taking the service in-house at the upper-tier municipality would require additional management staff. He also said the change in management would not impact service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The Province downloaded responsibility for the delivery of land ambulance service to upper-tier municipalities on January 1, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-council-to-decide-whether-to-take-over-delivery-of-ambulance-service\/\">here<\/a> for a related story before the decision was made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>District of Muskoka staff will move forward with bringing in-house the delivery of ambulance services to the area. 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