Garza Co. seeks solution to loss of 25-year agreement with MTC

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  • NEW A/C Garza County Emergency Medical Service Director Rodney Tidwell requested financial assistance from the County, City, and the Healthcare District. All three entities have responded with $2,500 to help offset the expense of the new $10,500 garage A/C unit. This unit helps keep the trucks that are stocked with medicine cooled to prevent spoiling. Tidwell told the Dispatch that the other option was to install a new A/C unit in each ambulance, which would have cost 10k per truck. | PAUL GIBSON PHOTO
    NEW A/C Garza County Emergency Medical Service Director Rodney Tidwell requested financial assistance from the County, City, and the Healthcare District. All three entities have responded with $2,500 to help offset the expense of the new $10,500 garage A/C unit. This unit helps keep the trucks that are stocked with medicine cooled to prevent spoiling. Tidwell told the Dispatch that the other option was to install a new A/C unit in each ambulance, which would have cost 10k per truck. | PAUL GIBSON PHOTO

    Garza County Commissioners Court met Monday, September 23 for a regular meeting. Judge Lee Norman called the meeting to order at 9 a.m.

    During the county reports, Norman voiced his disappointment regarding the loss of the contract with MTC (Management and Training Corporation), which has been the operator for the Giles W. Dalby Facility for 25 years.

    “Giles, Curtis Hudman, and I have had serious dis…