Trustees question "band aid" ambulance

Sundance has a temporary new ambulance, leased from a Sioux Falls company as a “band aid” solution to the urgent issue of there being just one fully functioning vehicle left in the city’s fleet. However, at Thursday’s meeting of the Crook County Medical Services District Board of Trustees, it transpired that the new ambulance might not quite be what the board expected.

The ambulance is a two-wheel drive Ford van, which the district is leasing for six months at a cost of $2500 per month. The board gave the go-ahead at last month’s meeting on the understanding that a short term lease would provi...