The Logan County Fiscal Court unanimously agreed Tuesday to pay $150 a month for the next 14 months to the Auburn Rural Fire Department, which owns a building located on Main Street that was used as a substation when Commonwealth Health Corporation (CHC) was running the ambulance service.
Jim Duke, owner of Com-Care, Inc. has agreed to pay the remaining $100 a month plus utilities to keep the station operable. Judge/Executive Logan Chick told Fiscal Court Tuesday he had talked with Auburn’s Mayor Dewey Roche about the city helping with the costs but was told at this point there was no extra money, but if things picked up the city could possibly help in the future.
After Com-Care, Inc. was approved as the county’s new ambulance service, Magistrate Jo Orange came to bat for her district saying she would personally pay the $250 for the next 14 months if the county would not. Orange believes the building needs to be used and felt Auburn was an area that has experienced a great deal of growth and an ambulance substation in the city could benefit a large portion of the population of Logan County.
Duke agreed with Orange at a previous court meeting and that is why he agreed to pay for a portion of the monthly rent as well as the utilities.
Magistrate Loyd Houchens, whose district is in the northern portion of the county and one of the most rural areas as well, said it was his understanding that when the new Lewisburg Fire Station was built, a bay for an ambulance will be added. Lewisburg received a large grant from the state recently to build the new firehouse.
There are currently no plans for the city of Adairville to build an ambulance substation, but Duke has said he would like to see one in the south Logan County city as well.
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