Ambulance services in Greene County are continuing to be provided for now, but a long-term solution has yet to be decided.

Greene County Emergency Medical Services Co-Owner Dennis Morlan told the Greene County Board of Supervisors at a meeting in May that due to going through cancer treatments, he was physically unable to perform the job as he has done for the last 32-years. Back then he mentioned that he wasn’t going to step away from providing ambulance services, unless a suitable solution was found before the next fiscal year started on July 1st.

No solution was found and so Dennis and Marcia Morlan renewed their insurance policy for the business for another year. Last week, the Supervisors brought the topic up with Dennis again at their meeting. Board Chair John Muir says the County is under no obligation to provide ambulance services. However, he tells Raccoon Valley Radio the Board wants to work to help find a solution.

“For a county of our description, there could be two or three partners who could make this be successful. I think it’s the thoughts of the Board that it’s going to be successful because the public wants this service to still be provided.”

The County owns the three ambulances and the building. The Morlans own the medical equipment and the Greene County Medical Center leases the land where the building is located. Muir adds that the Board isn’t interested in hiring anymore employees at this time.

“We’re trying to put together some entity that will be successful. There’s a person who I think can be successful at and wants to, for the right reasons, make it work.”

Muir believes that the ideal situation is to keep the services in the county. Dennis agreed to another one-year contract that will end on June 30, 2019.