Alpharetta City Council considering fee for lifting assistance calls

Alpharetta City Council considering fee for lifting assistance calls 
Appen Media, Alpharetta & Roswell, GA; by Jon Wilcox; 7/16/24 
The Alpharetta City Council is considering a fee for residents and assisted living homes who make multiple calls a month for emergency responders to help people who have fallen. Director of Public Safety John Robison told the council July 15 that calls for lifting assistance come at significant cost and tie up responders who may be needed for other emergencies. Last year, Robison said, 328 calls for lift assistance cost the city $78,844, almost double the cost from the previous year, which saw 190 calls at a cost of $32,275.30. ... A proposed ordinance suggests a schedule of fees for calls asking responders to assess people who have fallen and may be injured. ... Hospice patients would be exempt from the fees.