Officials question ambulance accountability

JOHNSTOWN — The Common Council on Monday night tabled approval of a fee payment for a Certificate of Need for the city’s ambulance service until a more through accounting is made of the service. The council withdrew a proposed resolution at City Hall involving an application fee put forth through the city Fire Department for a CON for the city’s ambulance service run out of the department. The proposed resolution indicated the city determined a need to apply for a Municipal Certificate of Need (Muni-CON) from the New York State Emergency Medical Services Council to establish and ...