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King County EMS presents recommended 6-year Medic One levy: $0.25 per $1,000, $1.5 billion regional package
Summary
King County Emergency Medical Services described task force recommendations for a six-year Medic One levy (2026–2031) that would fund paramedics, boost basic life support funding, expand mobile integrated health and reserve contingency funds; the task force recommended a 25¢ per $1,000 levy on the November 2025 ballot.
Michelle Plourde, EMS division director for King County Emergency Medical Services, told the Renton City Council on Tuesday evening that a regional task force recommends placing a six-year Medic One levy on the November 2025 ballot at a 25¢ per $1,000 rate.
The package, Plourde said, would raise an estimated $1.5 billion across the region over six years and would be designed to fully fund the paramedic (ALS) layer, increase basic life support (BLS) funding, expand mobile integrated health (MIH) programs and preserve reserves. “The task force itself supported the subcommittee programmatic recommendations … supported a 25¢ levy rate, which, estimated cost to a homeowner is about $212 based on a $850,000 home,” Plourde said.
Why this matters: Medic One is the region’s primary funding mechanism for paramedic services and regional programs that support 911 response. Plourde said the system serves more than 2.3 million people in King County and…
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