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Fire chief proposes aligning ambulance rates with market; committee approves advancing the proposal
Summary
Fire Chief Paul Kinzone presented a proposal to adjust City of Oswego ambulance transport rates to align with regional market averages; the committee voted to advance the item without recorded changes to specific dollar amounts in the meeting transcript.
Fire Chief Paul Kinzone presented proposed adjustments to ambulance transport rates and the Administrative Services Committee voted to advance the proposal.
Kinzone said the department reviews rates annually and last raised them in 2023. "Our posture has been to raise them since 2021 to the market average," he told the committee, noting the packet includes a graph showing current and proposed rates for comparison. He described the proposed rates as intended to match the average charged by neighboring agencies.
Committee members asked no detailed follow-up questions during the discussion recorded in the transcript. A motion was made and seconded to move the item forward; roll call recorded affirmative votes from councilors present. The packet and Kinzone's comments reference a proposed rate table but the transcript does not record specific dollar amounts for the proposed rates.
The committee's action sends the rate adjustment proposal forward for further consideration; Kinzone indicated he is available to answer questions about the rate table in the meeting packet.
