Last year, the DeWitt County Board's finance committee was approached by PSI - the provider of ambulance service to DeWitt County - about financial challenges it faces.

In a response to that, the DeWitt County Board last week approved an adjustment in its payment schedule for the dollars levied for the service. Board Chair Joe Witte indicates this will allow them to reduce the levy but increase what they pay out to PSI.

PSI informed the finance committee that they are operating at a loss. Witte admits the County is in a bind because they have maxed out the levy it can assess for the ambulance service.

Witte is optimistic that the two sides will be able to find a way to keep the service in DeWitt County. The ambulance service in some parts of rural Illinois has gone away because of the rising costs they are dealing with.