Marion County Mayor John GrahamJASPER, Tenn. — When Marion County made the switch from Grandview Medical Center to Puckett EMS for ambulance services in March, the County Commission was required to buy Grandview’s five remaining vehicles.
At its recent meeting, the board voted 10-3 to donate one of the ambulances to the county’s Disaster Animal Response Team and voted 12-1 to accept the highest bids for the remaining trucks.
Giving DART one of the ambulances amounted to a $4,500 donation to that organization, officials said.
After the news was published about the county’s interest in selling the ambulances, County Mayor John Graham said his office fielded a flurry of inquiries.
At least 27 individuals or companies officially contacted Graham about buying the ambulances and “probably that many more” called about them in recent weeks, he said.