Panel warns EMS, juvenile-welfare and county services face steep cuts under Amendment 3
Speakers at the Dunedin forum said Pinellas County EMS funding could lose roughly $21 million in year one and $28 million by year two, and juvenile-welfare and human-services contracts face multi-million-dollar reductions that would affect paramedics, 911 and early-childhood programs.
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Sheriff Bob Walter and Dunedin's mayor described county-level service risks tied to projected revenue losses. Walter said the first-year impact to the county EMS fund would be about $21,000,000 and that number grows to about $28,000,000 in the second year; he warned that would directly threaten paramedic staffing and 911 response capacity. "Who's gonna respond to the 911 calls? I mean, you cannot cut $21,000,000 and not see an adverse impact," he said.
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