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Council hears potential $550,000 cost to city if state ambulance bill passes; members urged to contact legislators
Summary
Aldermen discussed proposed Tennessee legislation (House Bill 83 and Senate Bill 160) that would require municipalities to reimburse counties for ambulance service; a council member presented a draft fiscal calculation and urged colleagues to contact state committee members before a scheduled hearing.
Aldermen heard a briefing on state legislation—House Bill 83 and Senate Bill 160—that, if enacted as drafted, would require municipalities to reimburse counties for ambulance service in proportion to population share.
Alderman James Baltimore outlined the bills and presented figures from a fiscal example included in the meeting packet. Using the populations cited in the briefing—Dyer County about 36,000 and the city of Dyersburg about 16,000—Baltimore said the city's…
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