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A bureaucratic restructuring years in the making, and one that may still take years to finalize, has at its core a simple request.
“The expectation for an ambulance to come when you call, and to come in a reasonable amount of time, is exactly the same on both sides (of the county),” said Francis Mayor Byron Ames last fall in a meeting of Summit County councilors and East Side mayors.
It was one of the first public airings of a request that officials said has been in the works for years: for East Side communities to operate their own emergency services.