Woolwich’s EMS director Brian Carlton asked the select board Monday for permission to use reserve monies to cover costs toward ambulance coverage. Carlton wants to draw up to $10,000 from the department’s reserve service billing account. This includes monies collected from MaineCare and MediCare. “I need these funds to help cover a few of the June bills but mostly to purchase some of what we need to equip the second emergency vehicle,” he said. The EMS budget is currently overdrafted by $156. “We had a stretcher donated to us from the Boothbay EMS but we still need to purchase other items, including a stair chair which will give our first responders the ability to carry a patient down a flight of stairs.” Carlton told the board the outstanding bills were for the department’s cell phone, fuel and oxygen.