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Resident tells Taos County commissioners to reinstate EMS funding and audit Taos County EMS
Summary
During public comment a paramedic firefighter identified as Shannon accused the commission of cutting nearly $1 million and asked that funds be reinstated and Taos County EMS be audited; commissioners did not take action during the meeting on the request.
A resident who identified herself as Shannon, a paramedic firefighter and District 1 El Prado resident, used public comment at the Feb. 3 Taos County commission meeting to sharply criticize the commission’s recent decision to cut funding to emergency services.
Shannon said commissioners voted to pull about $21,000 a month and nearly $1,000,000 in funding from the Taos Fire District and other emergency services, leaving the only professional 24/7 department stretched across 192 square miles. She said the cuts risked life safety, could raise or cancel homeowners insurance for residents, and accused commissioners of either being unaware of the consequences or not caring. She asked the commission to reinstate the funds and to order an audit of Taos County EMS.
Chair Romero thanked the speaker for her remarks; no formal action or response to the specific requests appears in the meeting record. The public comment period is advisory only and county code and the commission’s rules, cited at the start of the public comment period, note that no action may be taken on items introduced during public comment at the same meeting.
