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Brentwood approves move from stipend to per-diem coverage to bolster overnight ambulance staffing
Summary
After extended public comment and presentation by the chief and incoming firefighter Roy Olson, the Brentwood board approved converting stipend coverage to per-diem pay and allocating $95,300 from this year's budget to start overnight station coverage, with additional 2026 costs to be addressed in next year's budget.
Brentwood Town officials voted to replace overnight stipend coverage with per-diem staffing and to use savings in the current budget to start the program this year.
The change, approved during the April 1 meeting, moves emergency medical coverage away from a small stipend model that the fire chief and visiting first responders said has become increasingly unreliable. The board voted in favor of "eliminat[ing] the stipend coverage and change it to per diem coverage," a motion made and seconded during the meeting and approved by voice vote.
The chief told the board the department has budgeted $95,309 for 2025 to support the new schedule and estimated the ongoing cost for 2026 at about $98,616, which would need to be placed in the 2026…
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