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Jefferson County commissioners approve petition to place ambulance district on May ballot
Summary
After a public hearing, commissioners voted unanimously to approve a petition to form the Jefferson Central Ambulance District and place the measure on the May ballot. Proponents said the district would fund local ALS-capable ambulances; opponents and commissioners raised questions about levy levels and a two-thirds approval threshold.
Jefferson County commissioners voted unanimously Friday to place a petition on the May ballot to form the Jefferson Central Ambulance District, a new taxing district proposed to fund ambulance service and raise the county’s local emergency medical capacity.
The petition, presented by local fire-district representatives and emergency-service proponents, would create a special ambulance district funded by a property levy. Supporters said the change aims to move ambulance funding out of the general fund and toward a dedicated levy that would allow Jefferson County to operate Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances locally rather than rely on Idaho Falls for many responses.
The measure’s supporters told the commission that Jefferson County already pays for a large share of ambulance service: “the county is actually already spending over a $600,000,” one speaker said during the hearing. A back-of-envelope example offered by proponents estimated that a homeowner with $100,000 of assessed value could…
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