In light of the COCS pursuit of a unnecessary sewer line through an established Bryan neighborhood, now they're threating to withhold Ambulance response services to Bryan?
rockelle said:
Special meeting of Bryan city council discussing it today. Rolled by it on ch.16, but it was a lot of presentations.
Sounded like usual COCS business, wanting to overcharge Bryan for services. College Station built their Taj Mahal of fire stations as close to Bryan as possible and now complaining about calls into Bryan.
Well presented by some of the Bryan FD folks and the council. This is a bit more complicated than a drive by post here as they got in the weeds about charges and billing. Some quick notes but I didn't have time to watch all of it:
There was an Interlocal Agreement between the cities since 1997 until 2023. At the beginning of 2023, CS unilaterally rescinded the agreement and wants a new deal. Back in 2012, CS built station 6 on University and Tarrow- 1000 yards from Bryan, within 2 miles of Bryan FD#2. Naturally, CSFD responds to calls in Bryan from that station since it's so close.
The agreement was that closest "rig"/truck/ambulance took the call no matter what city. Bryan FD took a ton of calls thru the years to Northgate in CS. Chief Mann from CSFD provided some numbers in his presentation to CS Council that were criticized and shown to be skewed regarding EMS calls and billing. Under the agreement Bryan does not owe $ to CS. there are some write-offs that both cities incur in EMS calls and rides.
Seemed like Bryan was emphasizing life and safety over EMS billing disputes.
No - it sounded like Bryan was confident no money was owed, and that the CSFD was using funny numbers and full billing rates for EMS which aren't collectible.AggieBaseball06 said:
So the city that would end up owing several hundred thousand dollars doesn't want it to be about the money?
rockelle said:No - it sounded like Bryan was confident no money was owed, and that the CSFD was using funny numbers and full billing rates for EMS which aren't collectible.AggieBaseball06 said:
So the city that would end up owing several hundred thousand dollars doesn't want it to be about the money?
But if you want to be smarmy, do you want emergency personnel to respond to an emergency at your home based on a billing agreement, or based on who can get there the fastest and help?
Scruffy said:
They just need to do what Nashville and the surrounding towns/cities did and merge into a metro with combined services.
mr83tr88 said:
Speaking of CSFD, Scott and White Convenient Care called an ambulance to transport my husband to SW hospital in CS. We were shocked to get a bill from CSFD for hundreds of dollars! I thought our property taxes and other fees, etc. covered those expenses.
Wanting to get paid what is owed is "retaliation"?Bryanisbest said:
Is this CS retaliation against Bryan for bucking them on the Beverley Estates sewage line issue?