Commissioners told:
More money is needed to rescue ALS service
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County Editor
lb get Brunswick County’s ad
vanced life support (ALS) program
bade on line and ensure 24-hour-a
day emergency medical services, the
EMS department needs u> upgrade
and expand its staffing level, EMS
supervisor Doug Ledgett told the
Brunswick County Board of Com
missioners Monday night
In response to Ledgeu’s request
commissioners approved $26,966 in
additional funding for the EMS de
partment to hire a qualified
paramedic to act as supervisor and
training officer for the ALS pro
gram, two additional shift coor
dinators and one part-time emer
gency medical technician (EMT).
The additional funds also will pay
for overtime compensation for shift
coordinators and EMTs, and for the
contracted services of the medical
director. Dr. H. L. Johnson.
The county’s ALS program was
suspended effective August 4 be
cause of a lack of paperwork regard
ing ALS training for county rescue
workers. Since then, EMTs have
been unable to use advanced life
support techniques, such as ad
ministering intravenous medications
and using electronic defibrillators
for heart attack victims.
Ledgett said he has submitted a
plan of action to get the ALS pro
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Of medical enneR. If the state
boatd approves the pfan, he said he
expects county rescue workers to
begin using defibrillators again by
October 1.
“Once the (medical exxnmers)
give us the go-ahead, we can be
back at the defibrillator level in four
to five days,* Ledgett said.
However, it could take until die
first of next year to folly re
implement the ALS program, he
added. All 85 of the county's rescue
workers will have to take a 16-hour
refresher course, pass an evaluation
of their abilities, perform ten patient
assessments and complete 24 hours
of field internship, he said.
In other business discussed by the
board of commissionexs Monday
night;
•Shalkxte resident Tom Hope add
the board he was concerned and dis
appointed that the library board had
selected an out-of-county firm to de
sign and refurbish county libraries.
Commissioner Donald Shaw agreed;
*1 think we as a board of com
missioners should try to spend every
possible dollar in the county.*
However, commissioner and li
brary board member Gene Pinkerton
said the library board had selected
the firm which seemed to be the best
qualified and most experienced. The
library board’s main concern, he
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water project. Discussions woe also
scheduled between lawyers for the
village and developer to propose op
erating and ownership agreements^
Harris Bagiev requested that the
village transfer the cable television
franchise from bankrupt Tntek to King
Cable Inc., of Georgia, and said that
service could be extended to Middle
Island customers.
The council approved the franchise
shift on condition that all delinquent
franchise fees be paid, and indica
tions were that several customers
would petition for extension of cable
to Middle Island unraedrately.
An ordinance aimed at preserving
emergency equipment placed by the
village at beach accesses was ap
proved.
In its business session the Bald Head
Association board approved a recom
mended continuation of the four-cent
property owner assessment, which
when added to the village ad valorem
tax brings the effective local tax rate
to 62 cents.
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explained.
There is a carrot there for him to
increase his pay by meeting those
objective goals annually.” Peterson
sakL "He'll be given four years to
meet those three objective standards
we specifically set out."
If there is no trend toward improve
ment. the board is free not to renew
the superintendent's contract, the at
torney said. If the contract is not go
ing to be renewed, the decision must
be announced by December 15.1995.
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‘Once the (medical
examiners) give us
the go-ahead, we
can be back at the
defibrillator level in
four to five days.’
DougLedgett
EMC supervisor
said, was selecting a firm that would
do the best job for the county.
•Shell Point resident Michael
Pern told the board that he regu
larly found used and unused
hypodermic needles along the road
side. He said he had seen some of
the younger children in his area
using them as darts. Perry said the
problem is due to the fact that
people near Shell Point have to
drive too far out of their way to get
to a trash disposal site. Com
missioners chairman Kelly Holden
said he would have the county solid
waste director look into illegal
dumping in the Shell Point area.
•TTie planning department has lo
cated an additional 45 roads in the
county, and a public hearing on their
names was scheduled for Monday,
October 19, at 6 p.m.
•James Cox was designated a
CAMA minor development permit
officer.
•Jean Speight, Ginger Sugrue and
Don Gates were appointed to the
Southeastern Mental Health Task
Force. Steve Stanley and Pete
Barnette were appointed to Four
County Community Services, Inc.
•Saturday, September 26, was
declared National Hunting and Fish
ing Day in Brunswick County.
•A public workshop on the pro-,
posed CAMA land use plan update
was scheduled for Tuesday, October
6, at 6:30 p.m.
•A public hearing on the proposed
leash law was scheduled for Tues
day, October 20, at 7 p.m.
Sanitary district
considers zoning
The Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District board will meet
Monday to address Concerns about zoning. The session will be at
7:30 a.m. in the Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce
building on Beach Road.
In the board meeting last week commissioners were reminded
that county zoning is now on a "fast track," with implementation
imminent.
Presently the board anticipates thezoningof the northern portion
of the district by the county, but the section south of Calf Gully
Creek (hear Fish Factory Road) has not been part of die county
planning department’s consideration.
Consultant Finley Boney met last week w«di the planning depart
ment, and board chairman James W. Smith is to meet w ith county
planning director John Harvey this week for briefing that might be
helpful in Monday's considerations.
Board secretary Lucille Lastcr said that fee schedules for sewer
hookups may also be considered in Monday's session.
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