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Idaho Falls flags $1.2M EMS overtime shortfall and staffing disconnects
Summary
Finance staff told council that EMS overtime drove a roughly $1.2 million overage last year (fire about $150,000). Councilors discussed early hires, training deployments and liaison communication gaps that limited earlier budget relief.
City finance staff alerted the council to significant public-safety budget stress stemming from overtime and unplanned staffing timing. "On the fire side, that's on the general fund. They were over budget $150,000. The EMS side, they were over $1,200,000," Brooks, the assistant finance manager, said during the fiscal review.
Councilors and staff traced much of the EMS overage to high overtime costs driven by extended leaves and backfill…
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