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Mayor Dennis Rygaard said that if there was a silver lining for La Marque it <br />was that the ciry's percentage of subsidy contribution decreased. <br />Before the talks with ambulance company officials, La Marque paid about 20 <br />percent of the $215,600 subsidy. Now it will pay less than 16 percent of a$509,000 <br />subsidy. <br />"We're really in a position where we are darned if we do and darned if we <br />don't," Rygaard said. "I don't think we have another choice." <br />Subsidies <br />Under an agreement to be voted on by signatories to an ambulance service <br />contract with Rural/Metro Corp., share of the subsidy paid to the ambulance company <br />is expected to increase. <br />Texas City: From $54,900 to $160,000. <br />La Marque: From $42,900 to $80,000. <br />Dickinson: From $42,900 to $85,000. <br />Hitchcock: From $18,000 to $40,000. <br />Galveston Counry: From $46,900 to $130,000. <br />Bayou Vista: $5,000 to $8,000. <br />Tiki Island: $5,000 to $8,000. <br />Other terms <br />• Response time standards will be lowered. The current agreement requires <br />the company to answer 90 percent of calls within 8 minutes and 59 seconds. <br />Under the new agreement, 80 percent of calls must be answered in that <br />length of time. The 80-percent requirement is the industry standard. <br />• Rural/Metro will be allowed to ask for annual subsidy increases not to <br />exceed 10 percent in a year. The current agreement limits increases to 5 percent. <br />3 <br />