NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Despite a lawsuit challenging its funding, a new company is gearing up to begin providing ambulance service to North Platte on Nov. 1.

Two city residents filed the lawsuit in August, weeks after the ambulance service owners received city approval for a $350,000 loan funded through a local sales tax.

The lawsuit says the city failed to give enough public notice, including notice that the loan was going to public employees.

The owners of the ambulance service include Trent Kleinow, the city’s assistant fire chief, and North Platte city attorney Doug Stack.

The ambulance service has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.