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Council sends proposed ambulance rate changes back to committee after mixed public comment
Summary
After competing testimony from hospitals, ambulance providers and paramedics, the council referred Item 17 (proposed ambulance rate methodology) back to Transportation and Budget & Finance committees for further work and negotiation.
The City Council voted to send Item 17 — a proposed update to private ambulance rate methodology and a rate adjustment — back to committee for further study and negotiation.
Public comment showed divided stakeholder views. Mikaela Gibson of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association asked the council to adopt a maximum allowable rate like Los Angeles County’s approach, warning that a flat, non‑maximum rate would…
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