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Edgefield County council approves FY2025-26 budget that adds EMS millage and one-time transfers to cover shortfalls
Summary
Edgefield County Council unanimously approved the county—Y2025-26 operating budget, including a dedicated increase for emergency medical services (EMS), a roughly $300,000 general-fund transfer to EMS for the current shortfall and a plan that could be reduced later if state or capital-project sales tax funding becomes available.
The Edgefield County Council on a unanimous vote approved final reading of the FY2025-26 operating budget, which includes a proposed millage increase dedicated to emergency medical services and a transfer from the general fund to cover an immediate EMS shortfall.
County Administrator Dean said the budget increase is intended to keep up with inflation and rising operational costs and to fund a multi-year plan to improve EMS capacity. "The increase in tax collections is essentially keeping up with inflation," Dean said during the meeting, adding that the county has not raised millage in roughly 15 years.
The budget package includes an approximately $300,000 transfer from the…
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