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Committee approves use of ambulance revenue to cover firefighter overtime and departmental overtime shortfalls
Summary
The committee forwarded an amended ordinance that moves surplus ambulance revenue and permanent salary savings into overtime accounts for Fire, Department of Emergency Management and the Public Utilities Commission; the PUC request was reduced after BLA review.
The Budget and Finance Committee on May 21 approved and forwarded to the full board an amended ordinance that reallocates roughly $7.9 million in ambulance service revenue and vacancy savings to cover salary and overtime needs across multiple departments.
Mark Horso of the Fire Department told the committee that a one‑time set of back payments and higher Medicaid supplemental reimbursements have increased ambulance revenue this…
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