OK Gadfly, we get it! But again, What is the status of the current contract with the ambulance service to allow them to collect for ALS services, AND reimburse the Town? If the problem is with REMS, then there should be a switch to another provider. But if the problem resides with the Town Board, then that is a different issue. Failure to execute the contract increases the overall tax burden and is not indicative of representation for the residents. Again, the past monies are one issue, and the current lost monies due to inaction is a separate issue.
The status with the current contract is virtually non-existent...there is a proposed contract but it is not signed as of this time...and it is being withheld from the public.
There have ALWAYS been serious problems with REMS and that continues to this day...that's why there is still no ALS remibursement contract in place....FDG is still trying to recover what amounts to a tiny fraction of what they owe the Town before giving them unlimited access to the same source of revenue they have been pilfering for years. Even if they struck such an agreement with Mohawk it would essentially be worthless because all emergency calls are routed to REMS, making them the only ones eligible to bill and collect those funds...while the ALS contract languishes.
The blame for the lost ALS revenue now rests squarely on FDG, Godlewski and Martin...they have always known about REMS' history and they are the ones who awarded the contract to REMS BEFORE any financial inquiries were performed...now they are scrambling to collect anything they can to justify their own willful perpetuation of this scandal...while REMS continues to "need more time"...probably for another fundraiser or some other bailout to cover the expenses they want the public to pay for....because no matter what they say, they have never, and will never run REMS as a business.
The blame for the lost ALS revenue now rests squarely on FDG, Godlewski and Martin...they have always known about REMS' history and they are the ones who awarded the contract to REMS BEFORE any financial inquiries were performed...now they are scrambling to collect anything they can to justify their own willful perpetuation of this scandal...while REMS continues to "need more time"...probably for another fundraiser or some other bailout to cover the expenses they want the public to pay for....because no matter what they say, they have never, and will never run REMS as a business.
Thanks, that was the piece of info we were looking for . . . . .
The blame rests solely on Frank Del Gallo - he is the Supervisor and therefore is the only person with the authority to negotiate and sign an ALS billing agreement. Mr. Del Gallo has REFUSED to do his job and get the agreement finalized. Mr. Del Gallo and his puppeteer, Bob Godlewski, are the only people responsible for this loss of thousands of dollars.
Mr. Martin was the one member of the Town Board who has consistently asked (since sometime in 2010) Mr. Del Gallo to do his job and get the agreement done. Mr. Calder - who joined the board this past January 1 - has asked Mr. Del Gallo to do his job. Unfortunately, the puppeteer and the supervisor have stubbornly refused.
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Mr. Del Gallo and his puppeteer, Bob Godlewski, are the only people responsible for this loss of thousands of dollars.
They are just part of - THE REVITALIZE ROTTERDAM TEAM!!!
Brought to you in part by:
Rotterdam DEMOCRAT PARTY
Schenectady County DEMOCRAT PARTY
Schenectady County CONSERVATIVE PARTY
So if you are asking yourself - "how did we end up with our town leaders?" You can thank the collective brain trusts that make up the Democrat and Conservative Party Committee's in Schenectady County. And if you think this Town Board is bad NOW, wait until you see this collection of government bureaucrats they are putting on the ballot this year. It is obvious that private business owner FDG didn't think enough like a bureaucrat. FDG didn't just accept his lowered assessment and then just take his orders from his Democrat and Conservative party puppet masters that put him in power. So the Democrat party has dumped the wild card millionaire businessman FDG, and is replacing him with a life time government worker in Harry Buffardi whose loyalties are not in question. And those loyalties are to government, law enforcement, and his fellow bureaucrats.
They are just part of - THE REVITALIZE ROTTERDAM TEAM!!!
Brought to you in part by:
Rotterdam DEMOCRAT PARTY
Schenectady County DEMOCRAT PARTY
Schenectady County CONSERVATIVE PARTY
So if you are asking yourself - "how did we end up with our town leaders?" You can thank the collective brain trusts that make up the Democrat and Conservative Party Committee's in Schenectady County. And if you think this Town Board is bad NOW, wait until you see this collection of government bureaucrats they are putting on the ballot this year. It is obvious that private business owner FDG didn't think enough like a bureaucrat. FDG didn't just accept his lowered assessment and then just take his orders from his Democrat and Conservative party puppet masters that put him in power. So the Democrat party has dumped the wild card millionaire businessman FDG, and is replacing him with a life time government worker in Harry Buffardi whose loyalties are not in question. And those loyalties are to government, law enforcement, and his fellow bureaucrats.
Cicero - Please becareful how you use that brush/highlighter
not all us are DEMOCONS or Party Puppets, and yes my party leaders are to blame
if I remember right, I brought the NYS Public Health Document before our Town Board that stated the provider of ALS service (Town of Rotterdam Paramedic's) is due the money billed thru the BLS provider
They are just part of - THE REVITALIZE ROTTERDAM TEAM!!!
Brought to you in part by:
Rotterdam DEMOCRAT PARTY
Schenectady County DEMOCRAT PARTY
Schenectady County CONSERVATIVE PARTY
So if you are asking yourself - "how did we end up with our town leaders?" You can thank the collective brain trusts that make up the Democrat and Conservative Party Committee's in Schenectady County. And if you think this Town Board is bad NOW, wait until you see this collection of government bureaucrats they are putting on the ballot this year. It is obvious that private business owner FDG didn't think enough like a bureaucrat. FDG didn't just accept his lowered assessment and then just take his orders from his Democrat and Conservative party puppet masters that put him in power. So the Democrat party has dumped the wild card millionaire businessman FDG, and is replacing him with a life time government worker in Harry Buffardi whose loyalties are not in question. And those loyalties are to government, law enforcement, and his fellow bureaucrats.
Mr. Del Gallo is NOT a Democrat and he stopped being a part of the team a LONG time ago.
Mr. Godlewski is NOT a real Democrat .... he stiffed the party for $6,000 in campaign expenses and now has the nerve to hire a former State GOP chair and Republican hatchet-man/political consultant at $300 a day to run against the endorsed Democratic team.
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You have such bad information that it is sad. Why do you feel the need to lie your way through life? Can you catch a breath of air without being compelled to spin yarns and prevaricate?
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
not all us are DEMOCONS or Party Puppets, and yes my party leaders are to blame
That was the point of the post. FDG entered politics to get the assessment on his property lowered...PERIOD! The Democons made good on their end of the deal by lowering his assessment, but FDG didn't push the REMS through and appoint the right people to return the political favors to the cronies that help him get elected. FDG didn't understand party politics, and the Democrat Party didn't understand FDG only does things that benefit FDG. FDG isn't a party guy, FDG is out for himself and his friends. FDG wasn't interested in the greater good of the party and favors that needed to be returned to the party faithful. I don't think he was too concerned with the functioning of the town either. There was a pecking order that was supposed to be followed in the party, and FDG didn't follow.
You say not all Democons are party puppets...I'll tell you what, if you don't walk lockstep with these bureaucratic bloodsucker and if you impede them from getting their hands on the taxpayers money, you will suffer the same fate as FDG and the GOD.
This entire rotterdam rems issue has scammed the taxpayers. They have lied to the taxpayers over and over and over. They said they couldn't survive without a taxing district - lie! They said they couldn't survive without a 'gas key' - lie! They said they would reimburse the taxpayers by $100K/year - lie! They said they would run as a business. - lie.....they are still asking for donations.
And now they are being audited by the state.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
This entire rotterdam rems issue has scammed the taxpayers. They have lied to the taxpayers over and over and over. They said they couldn't survive without a taxing district - lie! They said they couldn't survive without a 'gas key' - lie! They said they would reimburse the taxpayers by $100K/year - lie! They said they would run as a business. - lie.....they are still asking for donations.
And now they are being audited by the state.
and the FOR PROFIT ambulance business which was offered as an alternative has made promises to us and to others -- look at their track record ... they promised the City of Albany that there would always be 1 ambulance within the city to respond to emergencies --- yet the evening that a young boy was hit by a car off Western Ave.. the nearest ambulance was on 787 near Troy
they promise every municipality that they will not cost the town money but will bring revenue in .. yet now they are asking Glenville to give them a $50,000 subsidy
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
and the FOR PROFIT ambulance business which was offered as an alternative has made promises to us and to others -- look at their track record ... they promised the City of Albany that there would always be 1 ambulance within the city to respond to emergencies --- yet the evening that a young boy was hit by a car off Western Ave.. the nearest ambulance was on 787 near Troy
I think REMS is defending a lawsuit for their role in the death of a person they were called to pick up. They were late, the person died. You argument is fallacious and everybody knows it. As a matter of fact, they know it at a 2 to 1 margin.
Mr. Del Gallo is NOT a Democrat and he stopped being a part of the team a LONG time ago.
What's it mean "stopped being part of the team"? Is not ramming through REMS and firing Diane M from the Senior Center not being a team player? He didn't take care of the "teammates" so to say. His cronyism didn't reach far enough into the pile of Democrat lobs or grease a dysfunctional non-profit at the copservatives request?
FDG didn't come from that bureaucrat blood so they are trading him in for a lifer - Harry Buffardi.
and the FOR PROFIT ambulance business which was offered as an alternative has made promises to us and to others -- look at their track record ... they promised the City of Albany that there would always be 1 ambulance within the city to respond to emergencies --- yet the evening that a young boy was hit by a car off Western Ave.. the nearest ambulance was on 787 near Troy
they promise every municipality that they will not cost the town money but will bring revenue in .. yet now they are asking Glenville to give them a $50,000 subsidy
ANY ambulance service is just that.....ambulance = emergency....plan plan plan all ya want....but unless ya got the dough to pay for a personal paramedic/MD/nurse for YOURSELF it's just a shot in the dark as to what happens to whom.....
dont let fear of 'the ride' to the hospital rule reason folks.....
put it into perspective.......if a 'free' ambulance is what you think you deserve then by all means go and get yourself some sponsors and wear their logos to pay for it.......
BLS = ride to hospital ALS = the start of your ER visit
we could change the entire system and just put Docs in boxes with wheels all over the place.....it's like the report that making kids wear helmets makes them less vulnerable to head injuries but it sure gives them a license to 'trick out' while riding....
FALSE SECURITY
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
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Mohawk seeks G’ville substation John Purcell 08/17/11 Ambulance corps also seeks subsidy from town for guaranteed paramedic coverage
A building once used as a salon will address needs more serious than a bad hair day if plans to turn it into a new ambulance substation are successful.
Mohawk Ambulance Service recently purchased the building, formerly Envy Salon, at 176 Freemans Bridge Road in Glenville with plans to use the site for a new substation. The move is meant to help Mohawk improve response times, but town officials are also glad to see another vacant building taken off the map. The for-profit ambulance provider though is asking for a $50,000 subsidy to guarantee a paramedic on every call.
“We are excited about Mohawk Ambulance coming to Freeman’s Bridge Road,” said Supervisor Christopher Koetzle. “They are planning a major rehab of the facility, so that it can accommodate four ambulances.”
The planned facility will include a four-bay station and living quarters for staff to be onsite at all times. Currently Mohawk responds to more than 2,500 calls in the town, according to the company, which includes calls not requiring transportation. Its headquarters are located on State Street in Schenectady, but the ambulance provider also has stations in Albany and Troy.
“Mohawk Ambulance has been a member of the Glenville community for more than 30 years, and we see this as a continuation of our investment in the community, while at the same time improving our service capabilities,” said Thomas Nardacci, spokesman for Mohawk Ambulance, in a prepared statement.
The subsidy request from Mohawk is separate from its intention to build the station, said Koetzle, and it could be hard to find the money for given the supervisor’s previous comments on an even tighter budget for 2012.
“The world we are in with the tax cap, I don’t think this is possible. … I don’t see how we can invest in the community like we used to with the tax cap,” said Koetzle. “We would love to support them any way we can. We have had a lot of conversations around this with Mohawk Ambulance.”
Even if the town can’t provide the $50,000 subsidy, Koetzle said the town is looking at “creative ways” to find the support Mohawk requested without using town funds. Since residents would be footing the bill through taxes, he said, hearing input from them is also important.
“I think one of the things we have to evaluate is if it is a need that is important to our residents,” he said.
Previously the town had paid Mohawk a $30,000 subsidy, which Koetzle believed was stopped about four years ago with the previous administration’s concerns about the town budget.
Nardacci said he believes the request is a fair price for the guaranteed service.
“Our request for a small subsidy in Glenville provides the town with 24/7 paramedic and ambulance service at a fraction of the cost other towns spend,” said Nardacci. “Rotterdam, with a similar population, spends over $500,000 for what we would be providing to Glenville for $50,000.”
Rotterdam has its own paramedics on staff, so the subsidy was never requested by Mohawk during its recent bid to be the ambulance provider for the town. The Town Board chose Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services to be its provider for a two-year period after months of debate.
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