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Committee reviews $80,000 appropriation request to cover higher EMS contract costs
Summary
Emergency Operations staff reported an $80,000 request from the non-area-wide fund to balance EMS contract costs; staff described contract formula and collection efforts, and committee members raised questions about out-of-state billing and fund balances. No committee vote was recorded in the transcript.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Finance Committee heard a staff report on an ordinance asking to appropriate $80,000 from the non-area-wide fund to cover increased emergency medical services (EMS) contract costs.
Emergency Operations staff members Mr. Miller and Mr. Butcher told the committee the $80,000 is needed because contract amounts for EMS delivery increased after the FY25 budget was prepared. "So when we came before this body…
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