Several residents spoke about the future of Caribou’s EMS services during a Feb. 10 city council meeting — some supporting recent decisions to increase rates to neighboring communities and others concerned that the city might switch from a public to a private ambulance service. The service has been a major point of discussion since the city re-evaluated the fire and ambulance service last year and determined it would need to raise prices for outside communities from $11.50 per capita to $100 per capita in order to sustain the service. Residents of Caribou and outside communities have raised concerns about the city providing communities with a short window of time to decide on their EMS contracts in light of the significant rate increase.