Medic 1 board to consider rate increase next week

Medic 1 board to consider rate increase next week

BENTON HARBOR — Medic 1 Ambulance needs more money to stay in operation and may approve an increase in rates next week, according to Darwin Watson, chairman of the Medic 1 Board.

Medic 1 Ambulance considering new rate structure for municipalities

Medic 1 Ambulance is looking at changing the rates it charges to municipalities to cover emergency medical services. Medic 1 Board Chair Darwin Watson addressed the Benton Harbor Personnel and Finance Committee this week to explain the changes that may be coming. He said when Medic 1 was formed more than 50 years ago by its more than ten municipal owners, a per capita rate structure was put in place, meaning each member would pay a certain amoun…