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DOCTORS CLINIC AS TO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN EMERGENCY AND NON- <br />EMERGENCY SERVICE RESULTING FROM THE FACT THAT A VEHICLE IS NOT <br />IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR NON -EMERGENCY SERVICE. COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS POINTED OUT THAT EVEN IF WE ADDED ANOTHER SERVICE, THERE IS <br />NO GUARANTY THAT IMMEDIATE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE YOU <br />CAN'T KEEP AN AMBULANCE WAITING AROUND ALL THE TIME.- HE RECOM- <br />MENDED THAT THE BOARD NOT APPROVE THE APPLICATION OF CHAPPELL EN- <br />TERPRISES AT THIS TIME. IF AT A LATER DATE IT IS FOUND THAT THE <br />NON -EMERGENCY SERVICE IS INADEQUATE OR THAT C & J IS NOT GIVING <br />PROPER SERVICE, HE FELT THEN WE CAN CAST AROUND FOR ADDITIONAL <br />NO'N-EMERGENCY SERVICE IN THE COUNTY, <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE FELT MUCH THE SAME WAY <br />SINCE HE HAD MADE SOME PHONE CALLS�AND APPARENTLY THOSE IN THE <br />NORTH COUNTY DID NOT HAVE ANY PARTICULAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE <br />PRESENT SERVICE OR THE AVAILABILITY. HE DID NOT BELIEVE THERE IS <br />ENOUGH BUSINESS FOR TWO NON -EMERGENCY SERVICES AND STATED THAT HE <br />WOULD HATE TO SEE THE COUNTY LOSE THEM BOTH AND HAVE TO GET IN THE <br />AMBULANCE BUSINESS WHICH TS VERY'EXPENSIVE. <br />COMMISSIOER SIEBERT ASKED MRS. CORRELL OF C & J AMBULANCE <br />SERVICE HOW MANY CALLS THEY MAKE TO SEBASTIAN, AND SHE STATED THAT <br />THEY HAD MADE 45 CALLS IN A YEAR TO THAT AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY LESS <br />THAN ONE A WEEK, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT IF THIS WERE SPLIT BE- <br />TWEEN TWO SERVICES, NEITHER ONE COULD MAKE OUT. <br />MR. CHAPPELL OF CHAPPELL ENTERPRISES TOOK THE FLOOR AND <br />REFERRED TO LETTERS FROM THE SEBASTIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER, INDIAN <br />RIVER MEDTRONICS, AND THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND <br />AMBULANCE SQUAD, CITING A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE. HE COMMENTED <br />THAT THERE IS NO ADVERTISEMENT IN THE YELLOW PAGES FOR THE PRESENT <br />NON -EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE AND FELT YOU HAVE TO GENERATE BUSINESS. <br />HE NOTED THAT HE IS LOCATED IN BREVARD COUNTY; HAS AN AD IN THE PHONE <br />BOOKS THERE; AND IS BEING CALLED LONG DISTANCE AND ASKED FOR SERVICE. <br />MR. CHAPPELL FELT THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR GOOD COMPETITION. HE <br />COMMENTED THAT AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING MRS. CORRELL STATED THAT SHE <br />WOULDNIT LOSE BUT POSSIBLY TWO CALLS A WEEK, WHICH WOULD NOT BE THAT <br />MUCH FINANCIALLY. <br />AUG 2 21979 17 BOOK 1 FAut 386 <br />