News For Steuben County Residents: Help For Areas Across The County Where There Are Less Volunteer EMS Workers

What to do about the fact that there are less volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers?  Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler has been working on a solution for that problem. For the last several weeks, Steuben County officials have been working to get what they’re calling supplemental Emergency Medical Services going, for areas in the county that need more EMS assistance during medical emergencies.  During this morning’s Public Safety and Corrections meeting, County Manager Jack Wheeler discussed how they’re planning on getting a county EMS team going, and how it will focus first, on the towns that seem to need more EMS services.  Woodhull, Tuscarora, Prattsburgh, Avoca, Hammondsport and Urbanda, were the towns mentioned by Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler.  The county is also in the early stages of talking about how billing would work, for this new emergency medical service. 

 

FEMA Comes Through With Funding For Woodhull Wall

Steuben County Public Works Commissioner Eric Rose says FEMA has come up with funding for the wall on the side of the road on County Route 129 in Woodhull, and the county is getting ready to go to bidding, to fix that wall.  "The outside engineers have collected enough data to start the project," Rose said today.  "In the coming months there will be construction, starting on this project.  FEMA allocated at this point, a little over $3.5 million dollars, for this particular project."  The wall along the side of the road on County Route 129, was badly damaged during the Hurricane Fred flooding, in the fall of 2021. 

 

One Mayor's Thoughts On Consolidated Highway Funding 

Mayor John Buckley is at a NYCOM meeting introduced a resolution to New York Conference Of Mayors to oppose the proposed cut to consolidated highway funding in the Governor’s budget.  Buckley says he’s urging each city, village, and town to consider passing a resolution to not only oppose any cut to road and highway funding, but to advocate for annual increases to offset inflationary costs.