TROY — At its meeting Aug. 25, the Troy City Council unanimously approved Star EMS as the city’s new contractor for emergency medical services.

The city has been contracting for EMS services since 1981. Most recently, Troy had been in a three-year agreement with Alliance Mobile Health that began at the end of 2022.

Late last year, the council received a report on the state of the city’s EMS services that found room for improvement. It noted that minutes could be shaved off response times.

This led to the city soliciting proposals for a new vendor in May 2025. Five companies attended a meeting on the topic, including AmeriPro Health EMS, LifeLine Ambulance, Medstar Ambulance, Star EMS and Universal Macomb Ambulance.

In the end, Star EMS was the sole bidder, but officials were satisfied

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