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St. Mary's Emergency Services submits FY26 budget request including 28 new positions and radio upgrade plan
Summary
St. Mary's County Emergency Services presented its FY26 budget request to the Emergency Services Board, asking for 28 new FTEs, a $2.5 million increase, grant funding carryovers and a three-year radio system plan with potential timing changes if exempt financing is available.
St. Mary's County Director of Emergency Services Jennifer Utz presented the department's FY26 budget submission to the Emergency Services Board, asking the county to fund 28 new full-time equivalent positions and noting a proposed $2.5 million increase to the division's baseline request.
Utz said the 28 positions include two additional medical duty officers (bringing staffing to two MDOs per shift across four shifts), eight paramedics intended to staff paramedic ambulances, 10 full-time EMTs, one administrative coordinator and one behavioral enrichment coordinator at the animal…
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