SHERBURNE – After hearing the recommendation made by the Sherburne Ambulance Committee, the Village Board passed a motion “to move forward and form a committee to research and form a municipal-based ambulance service.

The village has been exploring its options for a revenue recovery ambulance service for several months. Recently, it formed an ambulance committee to determine how to best move forward with the project.

“The EMS Committee that we formed discussed different options and it is their opinion that we should look at the municipal option,” Mayor William Acee told the board during Tuesday night’s meeting. Acee explained the committee determined that a smaller working committee, made up of about five members, should be formed to work out the details of the process.

While the board agreed to move forward with the municipal system, Fire Chief Patrick Lawrence said he didn’t receive all of the support from the committee that he would have liked. Lawrence told the board the committee didn’t want to keep working on the process without the support of the board. “We’re asking you to adopt a resolution to move to the municipal-based system,” Lawrence said.

Trustee Stephen Dunshee said he didn’t think the board had a problem with saying they were moving to a municipal-based system.