BY JAMIE GRABERT
The Posey County Commissioners met Monday to review the EMS situation and to approve an additional for the payment of the bond debt for the courthouse.
The commissioners asked EMS director Chuck Thompson to explain what happened the last week with the Poseyville ambulance situation.
He explained that the move was supposed to be a temporary solution to an EMS staffing problem. With the lack of medics on staff, he was searching for a way to continue offering the county the best coverage possible.
The commissioners agreed they had given Thompson permission to make the change before knowing how upset the residents of Poseyville were.
Thompson said the decision was reversed and the ambulance remained at the Poseyville station.
He reviewed the numbers he had researched with the commissioners to justify the change.
“I think Chuck does an exceedingly good job,” said Commissioner John Sherretz.
The commissioners also approved the advertisement of $86,000 for bond debt and to send it to the county council. This is for the bond payment for July and January for Phase I of work at the courthouse.
The commissioners also approved a change order for the courthouse renovation. The change order will not affect the overall cost of the project. No details were offered. The items on the list were said to be minor changes.
Charlie Chambliss then approached the commissioners about a pending deal the city of Mount Vernon is working on with SIGECOM. This deal is for high-speed Internet and cable television that offers dark fiber that would potentially allow for arraignments and video conferencing between the courts and the jail, among other functions.