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Hortonville board to bill residents directly after county and state question ambulance charge on tax rolls
Summary
The Village of Hortonville directed staff to bill residents directly for ambulance services after county officials, citing a state Department of Revenue interpretation, refused to place the ambulance fee on tax bills; the move aims to cover an estimated $47,000 shortfall while legal and administrative options play out.
The Village of Hortonville Board on Dec. 4 voted to direct staff to bill residents separately for ambulance services after county and state officials questioned placing the fee as a special charge on property tax bills.
At an extended discussion that followed the budget hearing, village staff told trustees that the county had declined to include ambulance fees on the tax roll after consulting the state Department of Revenue (DOR). According to the board's account of county and DOR communications, the county’s interpretation was that "an ambulance charge is for a person and not property," and therefore cannot be added as a special property charge.
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