Jun 11, 2012 | Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
On Friday, during a reconvened meeting, the board voted 4-0, with Commissioner Fannie Greene absent from the first portion of the meeting, to reverse its original decision and construct the $140,000 Milwaukee EMS substation, which would serve the eastern portion of the county.
When politics, money interfere with human life
At their regular meeting the commissioners rejected a plan that would place a county EMS Substation in the Milwaukee community and provide timely paramedic level emergency services to the eastern side of Northampton County.
Despite the need for more a timely paramedic response time in the eastern portion of Northampton County, the Board of Commissioners have rejected a plan that would construct a county EMS substation in the Milwaukee community.