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Board waives repayment of $750,000 TOT to shore up Tahoe Basin ambulance service
Summary
The El Dorado County Board unanimously approved a resolution waiving repayment of a $750,000 discretionary transient occupancy tax contribution to County Service Area 3 to stabilize ambulance services in South Lake Tahoe, and directed staff to study longer-term cost-sharing and fee changes.
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a resolution finding that requiring repayment of a $750,000 contribution from discretionary transient occupancy tax (TOT) to County Service Area 3 (CSA 3) would create economic hardship and waived repayment in full.
County staff said the contribution, approved in the current-year budget to support ambulance services in the Lake Tahoe Basin, could legally be interpreted as a loan under state law. Emma Owens, a staff member in the chief administrative office, told the board staff brought the waiver forward "in an…
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