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Redondo Beach approves contract to begin billing for EMS responses; $313 fee proposed
Summary
City council directed staff to finalize a contract with Whitman Enterprises to begin billing for emergency medical responses, with a $313 per-incident fee already in the budget and collection mechanisms and protections to be defined.
The Redondo Beach City Council voted unanimously to direct staff to complete a draft agreement with Whitman Enterprises to begin billing residents and patients for emergency medical services (EMS) responses.
The move implements the council's long-running discussion about charging users of EMS rather than relying solely on property tax and general fund support. Fire Chief Patrick Butler told the council that the department responds to about 7,000 medical incidents each year and that “a user fee is really designed to charge the fee to those folks that use the service.”
Council discussion centered on the fee’s design, possible effects on callers, and how to treat frequent users such as residential care facilities. Butler and the city manager said…
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