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MR. CHAPPELL REPORTED THEY WOULD BE RUNNING OTHER CALLS FROM <br />THE SEBASTIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GETTING <br />SOME REACTION FROM C & J AND HOW THEY ARE COVERING THE COUNTY. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT SPEAKING AS A MEMBER OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD, <br />PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING THEM ABOUT NON -EMERGENCY SERVICE, AND HE WOULD <br />FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING TWO NAMES OF SERVICES TO OFFER THEM, <br />MS. JOANNE CORRELL, OWNER OF C & .J AMBULANCE, APPROACHED THE <br />BOARD AND STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS FROM THE SEBASTIAN <br />RIVER MEDICAL CENTER; HOWEVER, THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION IN HANDLING <br />SEBASTIAN. SHE STATED THAT IT IS FAR TO TRAVEL BUT THAT IS THE BUSINESS <br />THEY ARE IN, AND THEY ARE MORE THAN DELIGHTED TO HANDLE THE CALLS. <br />MS. CORRELL NOTED THEY HAVE 4 AMBULANCES ON THE ROAD WITH % PARAMEDICS <br />TO SERVE THE CITIZENS, AND HAVE NOT FELT THE STRAIN OF GOING TO SEBASTIAN. <br />SHE COMMENTED THAT SHE WONDERED HOW THE OTHER SERVICE WOULD MANAGE IF <br />HE WOULD BASE AN AMBULANCE IN SEBASTIAN. <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING THE RATE SCHEDULES, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INTERJECTED THAT IF THE COMMISSION APPROVES <br />THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED BASED ON THE RATE SCHEDULE, THAT CERTIFICATE <br />WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE COMMISSION. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy INQUIRED WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS C & J HAD BEEN <br />DOING IN THE SEBASTIAN AREA, AND MS. CORRELL STATED THAT IT WAS AN <br />AVERAGE OF TWO CALLS A WEEK. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF SHE WAS OBJECTING TO A CERTIFI- <br />CATE OF NEED FOR CHAPPELL AMBULANCE SERVICE. <br />MS. CORRELL SAID SHE OBJECTED, ON A FINANCIAL BASIS, AS SHE <br />WOULD NOT LIKE TO LOSE SEBASTIAN. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT UNCOMFORTABLE TAKING ACTION ON THIS <br />NOW AS HE DIDNIT FEEL WE UNDERSTAND THE REAL NEED, AND IF THERE IS ONE, <br />MR. CHAPPELL SUGGESTED HAVING A WORKSHOP MEETING, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THAT COMPETITION IS VERY GOOD FOR BUSINESS <br />BUT IN HAVING TOO MANY IN OPERATION, THEY ALL WOULDNIT BE ABLE TO MAKE <br />A LIVING. HE COMMENTED THAT IT SHOULD BE CHECKED INTO FURTHER AS HE <br />DID NOT, IN ANY WAY, WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE SERVICES OF C & J. <br />15 BOOK 41 ma 258 <br />I <br />