TURNER — Turner Rescue Chief Lisa Bennett announced to selectmen Monday evening that her department has received a $25,000 grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation to buy a new heart monitor.
She said the grant will pay for a new Lifepak 15 cardiac monitor to replace an older model.
The cardiac monitor monitor a person’s pulse rate, heart rate, oxygen level, respirations, blood pressure, the amount carbon dioxide being exhaled, and possibly body body temperature and carbon monoxide levels. It can also send electricity to the heart to stabilize the rate, according to a Rescue member who spoke by phone after the meeting.
“I’m very excited that we got it,” Bennett said Monday. “We’ve been lucky, this is the second grant they’ve given to us.”
Bennett also presented the department’s new ambulance, a purchase approved at the annual town meeting in May.
“We’ve always had diesel trucks in the past, but this is gas. You can really tell the difference, it’s much quieter,” Town Manage Kurt Schaub said.
Rescue contracts with Leeds and Hartford, which were voted on and approved at their respective town meetings, were approved by the board Monday night.
Leeds will pay $8 per person for ambulance coverage from July 1, 2018, until June 30, 2019. The annual amount will be $18,728.
Hartford will pay a total of $14,800 for firefighting coverage and $12,619 for ambulance service for the same coverage period.
The board announced that the Big Bear Lane project has been completed and the board voted to release the project bond.
The board also discussed the purchase of road salt, which the town usually buys through the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments. The price is up 2.8 percent over last year, from $56.61 to $58.20 per ton.
The town averages 1,000 tons of road salt a year.
Selectmen Warren Hood said it “seems worth a few phone calls” to see what other prices the town could get from other suppliers before they commit.
Schaub agreed to call around before making a final decision.
Turner selectmen stand with Rescue Chief Lisa Bennett and rescue crew members Zach Creps and Chris Grant in front of the town’s new rescue vehicle. (Kurt Schaub photo)
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