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Sonoma County Fire District asks board to consider CPI adjustment for ambulance contract citing millions in unanticipated costs

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors · September 9, 2025
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Summary

Steve Click of the Sonoma County Fire District asked the Board to note a contractually-allowed CPI adjustment for ambulance service in EOA 1 and said unforeseen costs — higher incumbent salaries and increased Redcom dispatch costs after AMR discontinued services — have amounted to several million dollars; county staff said any increase above 10% requires an audit and must return to the board.

Steve Click, president of the Sonoma County Fire District board, used the public comment period to urge transparency and collaboration around a contractually allowed CPI adjustment for ambulance service in Exclusive Operating Area 1. Click said the district has increased ambulance deployment and is exceeding performance arrival standards, adding that "together these increases have amounted to several million dollars"…

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