Smiley gives Newport council north county perspective on EMS

NEWPORT — The Newport City Council is still unconvinced a countywide Emergency Medical Services is a good idea. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Sept. 2, the council apparently agreed with a draft bylaw discussion item that said if an EMS District was formed and a tax levy wasn’t put forth and approved by voters, the EMS district would be dissolved in five years.

Newport City Administrator Abby Gribby said she thought it was important to have something built into the bylaws that would dissolve the district.