City joins county EMS system

Elgin and its extraterritorial jurisdiction will formally join Bastrop County Emergency Services District No. 3 after voters overwhelmingly approved annexation during the Nov. 5 election.

The ESD Board of Commissioners canvassed and adopted the results Nov. 14, completing the process and bringing Elgin fully into the countywide EMS system. Commissioner Keith Simpson announced the milestone to City Council, highlighting that residents will now be covered under the PHI Air Medical membership program paid for by the district.

“I’d like to officially welcome the city of Elgin and its ETJ into the EMS district,” Simpson said. “If you have to, God forbid, have an emergency that requires you to be flown into a hospital, there will be no out-ofpocket expenses for you.”