The Starke County EMS Department will be getting new reporting software, as the current software is no longer able to keep up with required reporting statistics to the state.
The commissioners approved a contract with Health EMS at a cost of $9,792 and County Attorney Marty Lucas reviewed the contract and negotiated a few things and got things to a point that would be acceptable to the county.
On Monday night, the county council directed EMS Director Travis Clary and Clerk Mary Lynn Ritchie to take the annual payment for the software from their budget and not from the IT budget. It will be added to the 2019 budget.
Another aspect that goes along with the new software is the capability for the county’s EMTs and paramedics to carry along laptops with touch screens which allow the transmission of instantaneous information from the ambulance to the main program for billing. The lowest quote was for durable, rugged Dell laptops in the amount $8,779.75, which was unanimously approved by the council. The money to pay for the laptops will come from the County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) Fund.
