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Supervisors direct EMS purchases be paid from EMS trust fund, not county 'lost gift' fund; ARPA claims for courthouse clock and transportation paid
Summary
After discussion about who should get a 10% matching gift when EMS trust funds finance ambulance purchases, the board decided not to use the county's lost-gift fund and to pay the EMS-related 10% from the EMS trust fund. Separately, the board approved ARPA-funded claims for a transportation driveway and a courthouse clock repair.
The Benton County Board of Supervisors clarified how to apply a longstanding 10% “lost gift” match for vehicle and equipment purchases when EMS trust funds are used. Staff recommended amending Resolution 13-11 so that when entities use EMS trust funds to buy ambulances or emergency vehicles the county would pay vendors directly from the EMS trust fund rather than drawing from another county lost-gift account.
“I feel like they're double dipping,” one…
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