Voters in East Moline will head to the polls Tuesday to vote on an issue that's caused a lot of controversy over the last few months: whether the city should start its own ambulance service. Currently, the Genesis Illini campus provides ambulance transportation to East Moline residents.

Back in late November, at the request of some opponents and aldermen, East Moline Mayor John Thodos hired a consulting group to review the fire chief's proposal and numbers. The review cost the city $2,500.

One day before Tuesday's primary, the findings of that review are out. It's an 18-page report that ultimately says a city-owned ambulance service would generate more revenue for the city.

"I trusted my chief and I trusted that his numbers were accurate. To me this verified what he had been telling the council all along and telling the public," Mayor Thodos said upon reading the report.

TV-6 took to the findings to East Moline residents whose signs outside their homes indicate they will be voting no to a city run ambulance service. We asked whether this third party review would change their minds.

"Don't mess with it! It's working," Bonnie Markle said. "I've had to call 911 for my husband and Illini ambulance was here first," Markle went on to say.

While that may have been the case during the Markle's emergency, Mayor Thodos says during most emergencies, it is not Illini responding first.

"Nine out of 10 times, it's East Moline paramedics arriving first on the scene," Thodos said.

Just as many voters are divided, TV-6 found a household divided as well. Norma Pierce is voting "no."

"I've had ambulance service from Illini (or Genesis) and they've been very good. So I'm very confident in them. If they weren't then I would probably vote different," Pierce said.

In the same household, Teresa Pierce is voting "yes" on the referendum.

"I wanna exercise my right to vote whether they hear it or not is their choice," she said.

Whether voting for or against the proposal on Tuesday, the referendum is non-binding. That means in the end it's still up to the city council to decide.

"Citizens For A Voice", the group opposed to the city-owned ambulance service, says the report released Monday holds no merit because the data was supplied by the city of East Moline and members believe that data is incorrect.