After watching the 2 hour presentation yesterday during the Sioux Falls city council informational, there is one thing I took away from it more than anything, Jill Franken has a horrible attitude and lacks respect towards the city council (elected, not appointed officials) and not much regard for citizens (patients) – blowing off the fact that there was ‘ONLY’ 300 exemptions. Former County Commissioner, Bob Kolbe even suggested during public input at the city council meeting that Jill be reprimanded for her awful behavior.
Quite the opposite I would say about EMS coordinator Julie Charbonneau who conducted herself professionally throughout the presentation.
FF: 11:00
Besides someone waking up on the wrong side of the bed, what else did I learn from the meeting?
- Apparently Paramedics Plus is so busy with calls they couldn’t send anyone to the meeting to defend their contract.
- We only have a mutual aid agreement with Dell Rapids and Humbuldt, but not one in writing with Brandon (Med-Star) Both PP and MS blame each other for why they can’t come to an agreement.
- We had over 300 exemptions for PP ambulance calls. Jill felt we dwelled to much on them, and councilor Starr had to remind her that these patients ARE actual people.
- When asked why Metro 911 and PP use the language ‘Phantom’ in their policy, Franken replied “I have no idea why they use that word”, neither did Julie. But they would advise them on the revisions to use a different word. I think ‘Casper’ was suggested.
Not sure if we learned much, except the fact that we need Med-Star to sign a mutual agreement, and we need to eliminate these exemptions, that is all the council and public is asking for.