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r <br />AUG 2 21979 Boy 41 nu387 <br />COMMISSIONER-LOY FELT THE AREA HAS GROWN, BUT SHE DID NOT <br />WANT TO START AMBULANCE CHASING IN THE COUNTY AND DID NOT FEEL THAT <br />MR. CHAPPELL HAD PRESENTED ANYTHING CONCRETE AS TO THE REAL NEED <br />FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT THIS TIME. <br />MR. CHAPPELL REFERRED AGAIN TO THE LETTERS WRITTEN BY THE <br />VARIOUS AGENCIES. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE HAS MET WITH THE CHIEF <br />OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND DOESN'T THINK THEY KNOW OF ANY SITUATION WHERE <br />THE NON -EMERGENCY SERVICE ISN'T BEING COVERED IF THE PROPER SCHEDUL- <br />ING IS PUT INTO IT. HE THEN DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT C & J AMBULANCE <br />SERVICE DOES NOT ADVERTISE IN THE YELLOW PAGES BECAUSE THEY GET <br />EMERGENCY CALLS AND BELIEVE THEY DELAY THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEM. <br />HE SUGGESTED THAT C & J ADVERTISE AND GIVE ANOTHER NUMBER IN THE AD <br />FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE SINCE WE MAY BE MISSING A BIT BY NOT LETTING <br />THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT SUCH A SERVICE EXISTS IN THIS COUNTY. HE DID <br />NOT SEE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE IS NEEDED. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THERE IF THERE WAS A NEED, HE WOULD <br />SUPPORT IT, BUT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE NEED HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED BY <br />CONCRETE FACTS. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER DEESON TO DENY THE REQUEST OF CHAPPELL ENTERPRISES, INC., <br />FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE CONFUSION THAT SEEMS TO EXIST <br />REGARDING EMERGENCY AND NON -EMERGENCY SERVICE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT THE MOTION <br />FOR THE TIME BEING, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT NECESSARILY FEEL IT IS SO <br />TERRIBLE TO HAVE COMPETITION. HE DID FEEL THAT WE MAY NOT BE GETTING <br />AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE NEED IF THE SERVICE IS NOT LISTED IN THE <br />TELEPHONE BOOK AND PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT IT IS AVAILABLE. <br />MRS. CORRELL STATED THAT MOST OF THEIR BUSINESS IS DONE <br />WITH THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FACILITIES, AND SHE CALLS THEM ONCE A DAY <br />TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY. SHE DID NOT BE- <br />LIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH BUSINESS FOR TWO AMBULANCE SERVICES. SHE <br />IIEJg r <br />