After more than an hour and a half of talking to city staff, an outside company and emergency officials, the city of Baraboo still hasn’t made a decision about the future of its emergency medical services.
One obstacle for members of the Baraboo Common Council, as they met virtually Tuesday, was a lack of data, the result of bungled billing practices through the Baraboo District Ambulance Service, which is currently the service used by the city. An audit revealed in January that the service lost revenue by mishandling claims in multiple ways.
On Tuesday, the uncertainty of numbers reported by the agency were a roadblock for Baraboo Fire Chief Kevin Stieve and Finance Director Cynthia Haggard as they presented a feasibility study meant to outline what it would look like if the city took over its own EMS service.