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County staff: emergency-services billing fund running a deficit; commissioners ask for options before adding recurring EMS positions
Summary
Finance staff reported the county's Emergency Services Billing enterprise fund is projected to be about $1.1 million in deficit if no further revenue is recognized, and commissioners asked staff to return with revenue scenarios and fund-balance/one-time options before approving multiple new EMS positions and vehicle purchases.
County finance staff told the Board of Commissioners on March 15 that the Emergency Services Billing enterprise fund is currently projecting a shortfall and that the draft FY23 budget includes placeholders and requests that, if adopted as recurring items, would materially increase that deficit. Commissioners paused on adding a suite of new EMS personnel and ambulances until staff returns with revenue and fund-balance options.
The numbers staff presented Chief Financial Officer Jeanette Cudmore walked the board through the packet showing the emergency-services billing fund and connected support accounts. Using the early-year billings and an annualized estimate, staff presented a working revenue estimate of roughly $1.98 million for the billing fund but identified current packet reconciliations showing the fund would be "in the red by about $1.1…
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