Meeting was called to order by President James Hacker at 14:36

Roll call taken and quorum present

Previous meeting minutes and finical report was given by secretary/treasurer Michael Mason. A motion was made by Brian Reams to accept the minutes and finical report as read. Seconded by Junior Eldridge. Motion carried.

Old Business

Membership drive continued. Divided up the remainder of the Ambulance Providers that has not yet joined our association. Last month this process worked great.

JEMS report nothing has changed since last meeting.

WEB Page update. President James Hacker is still working on our web page and should be up and running in a few months.

Motion to close old business was made by Joe Bradshaw. Seconded by Junior Eldridge. Motion carried.

New Business

Transportation Committee report. Nothing to report on at this time. Will be setting up meeting next week to work on the cost of Ambulance Runs by each provider in this region this will be a fact finding meeting.

Report on the EMS council meeting in Frankfort which was attended by several members. A special thank you goes to Sherman Hockenberry from the Eastern Kentucky Ambulance Providers for sticking up for all Ambulance Providers at the EMS council meeting regarding Senate Bill 66.

Pg. 2 Steering Committee meeting Report from Rick Hammonds & Pat Campbell. A long discussion about the meeting. The committee is looking into charging each Provider a set fee to join up as a Provider for Medicaid. Also all Region 8 members will be staying in Region 8 which is great for our organization which is already formed and will not lose any members. Next meeting of the steering committee will be on 12-17-97 A motion came from Joe Bradshaw to form a letter to the steering committee saying that the members of the Eastern Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association is willing to pay our part to become a member and we support this concept of charging each provider a set fee. Also to form a letter to the committee that the Eastern Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association would like to have a seat on this important committee. Seconded by Junior Eldridge. Motion carried.

Meeting with Sally Evans with the center for Rural Health will be scheduled as part of our next meeting. The meeting will be held at Laurel County Ambulance Service on 1-15-98. Laurel County EMS will provide refreshments. We need to have a large group of providers attend this very important meeting. All council members needs to tell all the providers they know to be sure and attend this meeting.

Motion was made by Joe Bradshaw for Mike Mason and Pat Campbell to prepare the Tax papers and to go ahead and write the check payable for the sign up fee to the IRS. Seconded by Dennis Bradford. Motion carried.

Motion for close of new business by Joe Bradshaw. Seconded by Junior Eldridge. Motion carried.

Adjournment of the Eastern Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association with next meeting scheduled for 1-15-98 with Sally Evans as guest speaker at 16:02