GROVETON — The Trinity County Commissioners Court will draft a letter in support of a proposed change to one of the county’s ambulance services.
Keith Shelley of Ventura EMS said it was becoming more challenging as a for-profit ambulance service, and it is his intention to transition his business to a non-profit model. In order to do that, he must apply for a new provider license for the service, which will be called Trinity County Emergency Corp.
Part of those requirements is that the county must provide a letter acknowledging the existence of the service; he said it frees the company up to be eligible for grants and fundraising to be a non-profit.
In a separate matter, the court accepted emergency plans for Pineywoods Baptist Encampment near Woodlake and YMCA Camp Cullen near Trinity.
Emergency Management Coordinator Richard Steptoe said that in light of the tragedy in July 2025 at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, and the state requiring plans for evacuation and communication, counties are required to submit a plan and make it part of their emergency response plan.
Steptoe said that in the summer, Pineywoods camp could have up to 1,050 children attending, and for Cullen, it ranged from 400-600.
Additionally, the court approved seeking bids for a forensic audit, to be performed after the standard annual audit.
Commissioner Neal Smith said after dialogue with County Auditor Lenzy Hargrave, and since the county has been struggling with new software and has had quite a bit of turnover, a forensic audit would be a good idea.
In other business, the court:
