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Prowseld County adopts 2026 budget, adds $3,000 EMS supplement amid public concern over overtime
Summary
The Prowseld County Board of Commissioners approved the fiscal year 2026 budget ordinances, including a $3,000 pay supplement for ambulance and medical personnel and new tax levies, after a public hearing that included criticism of EMS overtime levels.
Prowseld County commissioners on July 30 adopted the fiscal year 2026 budget ordinances, approving a $3,000 salary supplement for ambulance and medical personnel from Fund 118 and setting the general services tax levy at 2.1 and the urban services tax levy at 0.6731.
The budget matters were the most contested items during the meeting. The board held a public hearing on the budget and the EMS supplement before moving to second and third readings and final votes. Commissioner Beverly Atwood moved the general services appropriations ordinance; Commissioner Landon Gully seconded. The general services appropriations ordinance passed on final reading 14–4 with two absent. The general services tax levy passed 13–5 with two absent. Urban services appropriations and the urban services tax levy passed in votes restricted to the urban services council where applicable.
The vote followed a public hearing in which Commissioner Jerry Ford sharply criticized overtime levels at the county ambulance service and…
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