EMS Coordinator Dave Kuhn and EMS President Jay Chaplin met with the Monroe County Commissioners during their May 14 meeting to further discuss paid service at Woodsfield EMS. The possibility had been brought up by Kuhn in recent months due to the difficulty Woodsfield EMS is having in staffing runs during the day. Kuhn said having two people on staff during a day-shift of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. would likely solve the staffing issues. Even though it is adding paid staff, it is likely the arrangement would cost the EMS less money since volunteers are paid a stipend on a per-run basis.

Kuhn reported that the EMS association had come up with salaries for the positions: $10 per hour for a basic EMT and $11 per hour for an Advanced Life Support-trained EMT. Chaplin presented the commissioners with a full report of where the squad runs are going in the county and what time of the day. It was noted that Woodsfield EMS had handled around 90% of the runs they were called out on up until January when the figure began to dip to below 80%. Chaplin said most of the runs that were not responded to by Woodsfield EMS were during the day shift.