Moncks Corner considers purchasing EMS trucks

Berkeley Independent

Town of Moncks Corner wants its own emergency medical services trucks.

After going into executive session at the Feb. 20 council meeting, council unanimously approved a motion to receive public input on purchasing ambulance buses for the town.

Council member Tonia Aiken Taylor was absent from the meeting.

“We’re going to look at having a public hearing and getting the EMS services ourselves,” Moncks Corner Mayor Michael Lockliear said, adding “since [Berkeley County] won’t do it for us.”

Town and county officials have been at odds over ambulance services. Currently, the county budgets around $300,000 for Goose Creek and Hanahan each…….FULL STORY