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Steger trustees this week approved a one-year contract renewal with New Lenox-based Kurtz Ambulance Service to provide round-the-clock paramedic service.
It is the village’s second one-year contract with Kurtz. The ambulance service will be paid $120,300, a nearly $11,000 increase over the first year.
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Steger President Lou Sherman said the additional money will cover raises and vacations for the paramedics contracting with Kurtz. The village discontinued its reliance on volunteer paramedics in 1998.