Gunter has signed on to a yearlong deal that has Grayson County arrange ambulance coverage for the city, with Gunter paying $16,250 every three months and providing a garage bay and sleeping quarters for the crew.
The interlocal agreement is on the consent agenda for the Grayson County Commissioners Court's meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, where commissioners are asked to ratify it. The copy in the packet is labeled as the signed fiscal 2027 Gunter emergency services contract.
How the arrangement works
Under the document, the county serves as the only purchasing agent for both governments and signs up a qualified provider to run ambulance service both inside Gunter and beyond its limits. The agreement does not name that contractor.
At a minimum, the service must include one mobile intensive care unit ambulance, either a Type I or a box-style Type III, with a crew on duty around the clock every day of the year. The unit is to be used only for 911 calls in Grayson County.
Gunter's part, beyond the money, is to give "necessary cooperation and access," which the agreement spells out as a garage bay for the ambulance plus a place for its crew to sleep. Complaints about service go to the county, which handles them, except for regulatory violations, which are passed to the proper authorities.
Cost and term
The four payments of $16,250 add up to $65,000 for the year. The agreement sets the due dates as Oct. 10, 2026, and the 10th of January, April and July 2027, with checks going to the county treasurer.
The deal runs until Sept. 30, 2027, unless both sides agree in writing to extend it. Either government can walk away for any reason with 30 days' written notice, and either can end it right away if the other commits a material breach and does not fix it within 30 days.
Disputes go first to a meeting within 15 days, then to mediation, before anyone can sue. The deal also depends on money being budgeted, and either side can end it without penalty if funds are not appropriated.
