LIVERMORE FALLS — The town’s subsidy for ambulance service will drop by $2,827 to $43,139 next year, Town Manager Kristal Flagg told selectmen Monday night.
NorthStar Emergency Medical Services uses a formula to determine what each town or unorganized territory will pay for a subsidy.
This formula includes elements of population, housing units, residential valuation and distance from the center of NorthStar’s population area, according to NorthStar’s website.
An Advisory Board and NorthStar have kept this same basic formula, with some minor adjustments, every year since 2007.
One reason the town’s subsidy is being reduced, Flagg said, is because the population of Livermore Falls has decreased since the last census.
According to Maine State Planning Office census information, the town’s population was 3,138 in 2000 and in 2010 it was 3,031.
NorthStar Director David Robie is scheduled to be at the selectmen’s meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, to talk about the service.
Flagg said there has been some concerns that the Fire Department is being called out for assistance when an ambulance is out of position, even though the town is not a licensed first responder for medical situations.
Flagg said residents will be able to ask Robie questions, give compliments or discuss how the service works.
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