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Finance committee backs higher per-diem for volunteer fire and rescue, approves related budget increases
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee on May 19 recommended a resolution raising the per-diem for volunteer fire and rescue from $30 to $50 per call and approved reallocating $60,000 into the volunteer per-diem line in the fire budget to cover higher payouts.
The Budget and Finance Committee on May 19 voted to recommend a resolution raising the per-diem for volunteer fire and rescue from $30 to $50 per call and approved a related budget change that moves $60,000 into the volunteer per-diem line to cover increased payouts.
Committee members debated the size of the increase before voting. Commissioner Bubba Gregory described the change as “a very large jump” and calculated it would equal a 66.7% increase from $30 to $50. Commissioner Bubba Gregory also noted that, had the $50 rate been in effect last year, payouts would have been higher: "Had the number have been $50 in 2324 based on the payout of $50,004.60 ... that would have come in at…
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