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Kent committee approves placing King County Medic 1 levy renewal on ballot
Summary
After a countywide planning and financial process, Kent’s committee authorized a resolution sending a King County Medic 1 emergency medical services levy renewal to the November ballot; the levy as recommended would be a six‑year measure at $0.25 per $1,000 AV with estimated countywide program funding and specified reserves.
Michelle Plourde, Emergency Medical Division director, briefed the committee on April 15 about the Medic 1 strategic planning and finance process and the task force recommendations for a levy renewal. Plourde said the regional Medic 1 system responds to roughly one call every two minutes across King County, serves over 2.3 million people, and that the system’s prior cardiac arrest survival rate (a performance indicator) was about 51 percent regionwide in 2023.
Countywide partners convened an EMS advisory task force and four subcommittees (ALS allocation, BLS distribution, regional services/strategic initiatives, and finance) to set program priorities and…
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