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The City of Shelbyville and Shelby County will together enter into an agreement with a lease for its ambulance and equipment with the Shelbyville Fire Department.
The contract is for $2.7 million for 10 years with the city and county each paying $135,000 per year. The contract includes a service plan, which will eliminate the current service plan the city has with Stryker that is $50,000 per year.
Shelby County Commissioner Don Parker.
With the contract signed, the city / county receive all new equipment now and will again in five years. The equipment includes:
8 new cardiac monitors (cost approximate $56,000 per unit)
5 new cots ($30,000 per unit)
5 new cot loaders ($30,000 per unit)
5 new Lucas devices ($15,000 per unit)
5 new stair chairs ($3,000 per unit)
The contract calls for replenishing equipment twice during the10-year period. Service also comes with the contract.
The City of Shelbyville is already using Stryker products: monitors, cots, cot loaders, Lucas device (CPR machine). Stair chairs will be added to the list of products used
Major Health Partners also uses Stryker products.
"It is an opportunity to refresh equipment twice during that 10-year period. When you look at the cost of the equipment, the value of what we will be receiving, it is almost a wash. There is an additional expense. That is what we wanted to discuss with the county because there is a cost share with the ambulance budget. At this point, everyone appears to be on board and we are running up against a timeline of a cost increase,” said Shelbyville Mayor Tom DeBaun.
Funding for the contract has been identified, according to DeBaun.
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