Referendum for Port EMS is ‘our only option’

Port Washington’s Police and Fire Commission on Monday threw its support behind a $1 million referendum to expand the city’s ambulance and fire services, saying it is essential to ensure residents receive essential medical services when they need them.

“It’s our only option,” Commission Chairman Jim Biever said in an interview Tuesday. “We need the money. There’s no Plan B.”

Commission member Joe Dean called the $1 million a small price to pay for the essential service, noting that if it were spread across the city on a per capita basis it amounts to 21 cents per day.