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Council hears ambulance fund performance and high overtime in EMS; staff plans 4th ambulance, cardiac monitor lease
Summary
Fire and EMS leaders told the council the ambulance enterprise is generating revenue but that overtime—especially in the ambulance division tied to federal/state pay rules—is a significant cost; staff plans to add a 12‑hour ambulance and lease cardiac monitors.
Selma’s fire leadership told the City Council on May 28 that the ambulance enterprise remains a major revenue source but that overtime costs, particularly in the ambulance division, are large and expected because of staff schedules and federal overtime rules.
Chief Webster and finance staff presented the ambulance fund summary: proposed revenues of about $7.7 million and proposed expenditures roughly in line with that figure, leaving a modest projected surplus in the enterprise fund. The presentation…
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