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,�����"� <br /> - — -_ ' --.--_ _^ ' -__ _ - ~ <br /> You have all heard about the New Hope Rescue Squad's abortive attempt <br /> tn ecure a Farmers Home Administration loan to acquire an ambulance, nearly <br /> s received a telegram from Congressman Fountain advising them <br /> a year ago they 'eced this loan. On the basis of this telegram a group of <br /> they had been awaroe ' d $20 OUU On <br /> New Hope residents went to Central Carolina Bank and borruwe , In any <br /> their signatures to move rapidly ahead with the ambulance purchase, <br /> t New Hope got the ambulance d <br /> but the loan from Farmers Home did <br /> not <br /> / event ^ transferred to the Orange County' Rescue Squad <br /> materialize. The ambulance was ra e New Hope <br /> building in late July. The New Hope loan is soon to become d u . <br /> u en s i t d to do <br /> wants to know what the County n do. Their choices are limited. <br /> Either the County or one of the rescue squads buys the ambulance from-them - <br /> it back to Central Carolina Bank. I have <br /> or they will be forced-to o let c t ambulance <br /> talked with Mr. Baker and he says we cannot operate the curren <br /> a ' St t� without this ambulance <br /> program functioning out of the Orange County a on b l from New <br /> our chances are rather limited too, either buy this ambulance u <br /> so Squad to buy this omhulance,{which they <br /> Hope, or ask Orange County Rescue qu t the <br /> " them the funds for annual payments on <br /> probabl� would do if we provided fom the Central Carolina Bank on a lease pur- <br /> chase or for� us to lease it from <br /> chase p|u»` <br /> Pa rh aps the crux of our EMS problem is that the County has legal <br /> a responsibility of providing EMS and controls no equipment to prov id e <br /> this <br /> at least five <br /> 1J this service the County needs to own a <br /> service. To provide sery c ' '~ ^^�- -- Acquisition of this ambulance is one <br /> 1 � <br /> ambulances. We currently own one- <br /> ' s necessary to operate an <br /> additional step toward acquiring the resources t <br /> funds within our vehicle acquisition account <br /> EM� program. �e have sufficient � take this action. <br /> this ambulance if the Board is willing for us to <br /> to purchase problems by providing funds to either <br /> solving any of our pr <br /> I do not feel we are so �_� _ � <br /> » '' ''~ ' on some type of <br /> - - se this vehicle in the�rna�e <br /> of the rescue squads to Purcna of equipment to <br /> time payment plan. For us to move ahead with acquisition <br /> operate an EMS Program the County must be prepared to acquire one new <br /> ambulance a year at least' <br /> ) <br /> � <br />