County and city officials met with newly elected members of the Pettis County Ambulance District on Wednesday to offer material and logistic support as the six men begin establishing a tax-based ambulance service.
Pettis County Commissioner John Meehan and Sedalia Mayor Elaine Horn joined PCAD directors Dave Clippert, Mike Layton, Jim Bales, Les Harrell, Greg Nehring and Allan Rohrbach in commission chambers Wednesday evening, less than 24 hours after the roughly 3 percent turnout election that brought them to office.
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