Expected to ask the city to take over service
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AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Pronews 7 has learned that a representative from the Amarillo Firefighters union will be a the Amarillo City Commission meeting today.
James Williams, president of the union, is expected to ask city commissioners for the city to take over the ambulance service. The ambulance service is currently operated by Northwest Texas Hospital, however, the hospital announced plans to sell the service in October. Northwest had been talking to a company called American Medical Response to take over the service, AMR filed an application for the permit late last week.
The Amarillo City commission meets at 3:00 today.
