The county has signed an agreement with Cruising Care for nonemergency transportation in regards to patients in the Community Response Paramedic program.
Paramedic Colby Swearingen and staff have been working on the proposal for several months.
The contract with Cruising Care, owned by David and Nicole Baskett, would aid patients already established in the CRP program transportation to go to doctors visits instead of having to utilize the county’s ambulance system, and go to the ER.
“We can’t use a 911 ambulance to transport a patient to anywhere but the ER,” Swearingen previously explained.
In the proposed agreement fee schedule, a round trip in the city limits or for five miles outside the city limits would be $100, outside that area would be $150.
Swearingen previously presented the commissioners protocols set forth for the medical portion signed off by Dr. Moore who is the doctor over protocols for Erath County EMS.
If patients call 911 they are not eligible for the program and if they have any other mode of transportation, including family members, Cruising Care through the county partnership would not be available.
Previously, commissioners had concerns about tracking and residents taking advantage of the program. Swearingen outlined that the program is only available to those already established in the CRP program, they would receive a voucher which they would sign acknowledging the ride and Swearingen would submit a trip log to the court once a month.
The commissioners agreed to move forward with Cruising Care with a $3,000 allotment coming from Health and Welfare to see how the program would work. Once the $3,000 is spent, Swearingen would need to come back to the court for additional funds.
In land development, a replat of a lot in La Sombra Estates was approved.
In Mountain Lakes, a replat was approved with the owners wanting to combine two lots into one for more space.
The 100X Cabins II Phase II project was back on the agenda again this time with Subdivision Coordinator Jason Gardner asking for a variance and putting final plat before the court.
Gardner explained they have been waiting for the engineer to send a certificate, a requirement under the old subdivision guidelines, but not under the new ones. The project was grandfathered in with the old rules.
“I don’t think we are ever going to get it,” he explained.
Gardener explained the project was completed and the drainage plan had been done.
The court approved the variance and the final plat.
In other business, the court: approved allowing Precinct 3 to go out for qualifications for bidders on Mountain Lakes Overlay. approved ECSO the ability to deem six DPMS AR-15 rifles as surplus and traded in for ammo at Texan Guns and Gear approved allowing Precinct 1 to help clear brush down CR 454 to assist the Erath County Humane Society