CITY & COUNTY
News from Montgomery County
COUNTY HIGHLIGHT MONTGOMERY COUNTY Precinct 1 Constable Philip Cash, who oversees the county’s mental health response unit, was honored in August by the Texas Association of Counties for implementing the mental health crisis intervention follow- up program. The program was created in 2021 and has constables performing regular follow-ups with individuals who were detained on a mental health warrant or who have experienced a mental health crisis. MEETINGS WE COVER Montgomery County Commissioners Court Will meet at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 27 and Oct. 11 at 501 N. Thompson St., Ste. 402, Conroe. 936-756-0571. www.mctx.org Conroe City Council Will meet at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 22 and 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at 300 W. Davis St., Conroe. 936-522-3010. www.cityofconroe.org Montgomery City Council Will meet at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 at 101 Old Plantersville Road, Montgomery. 936-597-6434. www.montgomerytexas.gov
Montgomery County seeks $1.26M for ambulance bus MONTGOMERY COUNTY Commissioners Court approved the purchase of a multipatient transport vehi- cle—an “ambus,” or medical ambulance bus—pending federal American Rescue Plan Act approval, at its Aug. 23 meeting. BY KYLEE HAUETER
Millsaps said there are four other such vehicles in the region, including in Atascocita. Millsaps said at the Aug. 23 meeting that a few weeks prior, the county o ce of emergency management ordered the ambus from Atascocita to respond to a re at a convalescent home in Willis, but it took too long to arrive. “Sitting there waiting for an apparatus to come from another jurisdiction really irked me, and I started looking at the way we can get one of these similar [with] county funding on this,” he said. James Campbell, chief of emergency medical services for the county, said the purchase of the vehicle would prevent the need to take multiple other vehicles out of ser- vice for a large event. In the case that multiple vehicles are responding to an event, service in the rest of the county is signi c antly a ec ted. If the ARPA approval goes through, the county will have the ambus by April 1.
The vehicle, equipped with advanced medical monitor- ing and communications equipment, would cost $1.26 mil- lion, according to information at the meeting. The vehicle would only be purchased if reimbursement through ARPA is approved, according to o cials. Jason Millsaps, executive director of the Montgomery County O ce of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said the vehicle would function in public health components, large-scale events and mass-casualty circumstances. “It could be used for infusions, vaccine drives; there’s a number of things we could use this for,” Millsaps said.
ABOUT THE AMBUS A $1.26 million medical ambulance bus could be funded through the American Rescue Plan Act.
An ambus is a medical ambulance bus providing multipatient transport for:
• Large-scale events • Vaccine drives
• Mass-casualty circumstances and public health needs
SOURCE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TO VISIT: From downtown Houston, take I-45 North. Exit Highway 242 and turn right. Turn right on Harper’s Trace. HarpersPreserve.com
- Highly-acclaimed Conroe ISD Schools including an on-site elementary school - Easy and quick access to I-45, the Grand Parkway and the Hardy Toll Road - New South Village Amenity Center Club Palmetto
New Homes from the $300s to $700s MODEL HOMES OPEN DAILY : Chesmar Homes, Drees Custom Homes, Historymaker Homes, M/I Homes, Perry Homes, Shea Homes
17
CONROE MONTGOMERY EDITION • SEPTEMBER 2022
Powered by FlippingBook