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Court debates short-term funding options for EMS; magistrates deny plan to privatize service
Summary
Clark County magistrates discussed a city proposal to cover EMS capital costs and asked whether the county would fund operations for a year; several elected officials denied any plan to privatize ambulance services and called for transparency and an EMS workshop.
Clark County magistrates discussed whether the county should temporarily fund emergency medical services operations after the city asked the county to cover part of an EMS budget shortfall. The city asked the county to pay the $968,000 operational share for one year while the city covered the roughly $49,092,000 capital portion as presented at the meeting (figures were spoken during the meeting and include transcription ambiguity). The presiding judge said he explored sources and found about $300,000 remaining in the jail bonding account; jail leadership said roughly $172,000 could be applied to interest payments on a potential…
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