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district up to one million
dollars per year to offset
any cost-based reimburse-
ment or other losses MCHD
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loss of the Boardman area.
While the health district
had earlier expressed a de-
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before March 12, when they
have stated they will cease
ambulance services to the
county, members of the
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move the health district said
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service areas.
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Ray Akers of Boardman
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reject the county’s proposal.
“I trust that while delib-
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complex issues, you will
stand by Morrow County
Health District’s Promise
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a creative way outside of
this contract to still be there
for your community,” said
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asked the board to accept
the contract option.
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that you can see this from
the community’s perspec-
tive,” he said. “If you turn
your back on these options,
it will seem to them that you
turned your back on them.”
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happiness with the district’s
direction. Janet Greenup,
who has been vocal in sup-
port of the health district
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services, told the board
that MCHD’s promise of
excellence was false.
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employees. There is no in-
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no excellence,” Greenup
told the board.
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who have been with the
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sion in open session and
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ASA proposal, the MCHD
board returned to Jensen
and Morrow County Board
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board’s statement, MCHD
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stone said the unreliabil-
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health district’s costs by
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that the county’s proposal
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lar amount, board mem-
bers had earlier expressed
concerns over what would
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if Boardman decided to pull
out of the health district
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state that, after the March
12 deadline, MCHD in-
tends to provide support in
the form of quick response
teams and backup ambu-
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“Morrow County
Health District will still be
a safety net for everyone in
the community,” Seastone
read.
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secure spots in the top two
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