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Lane County delays countywide EMS funding task force, secures $400,000 to stabilize Oakridge
Summary
Lane County staff recommended postponing a countywide emergency medical services funding task force until June 2025 to coordinate work with Eugene and Springfield; the county and Lane Community Health Council identified $400,000 to stabilize Oakridge Fire and EMS while the process proceeds.
The Lane County Board of Commissioners heard an update Feb. 4 on efforts to address mounting financial pressures on local emergency medical services and agreed to delay forming a countywide joint elected task force until June 2025 to coordinate with ongoing consolidation work in Eugene and Springfield.
Health and Human Services Director Eve Gray told the board that all five Lane County fire chiefs have agreed to participate and that Brenda Moore of the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) will facilitate the task force. Gray said the county worked with the Lane Community Health Council to identify $400,000 to close Oakridge Fire and EMS’s immediate fiscal gap and stabilize service while the larger countywide process is paced to allow municipal consolidation discussions to…
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