Altoona is going to pay more for EMS service from Eau Claire. Eau Claire’s city council on Tuesday agreed to charge Altoona 15 dollars per-person for ambulance service for the next four years.
Back in 2018, the two cities agreed to a deal that charged Altoona 12-dollars per-person. The new deal ends talk of Altoona striking-out on its own for EMS service. Eau Claire’s city attorney says the city needs to charge more, because Altoona is using more of Eau Claire’s EMS crews. Forty-three percent of EMS calls outside of Eau Claire came from Altoona last year.
