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Spencer County court approves EMS staffing changes as public commenter urges efficiency review
Summary
The fiscal court approved staffing adjustments in the county EMS, moving one part-time employee to full time and adding three part-time hires; a resident earlier urged timeclocks and a committee to review EMS operations and collection costs.
Spencer County Fiscal Court on March 2 approved several EMS personnel changes and heard a public comment urging an efficiency review of EMS operations.
The court voted to change Remey Gnagie from part time to full time at $10.50 per hour, hired part-time paramedics Josh Darnell and Kevin Morris at $13.50 per hour, and hired part-time EMT Kayla Morris at $10.50 per hour. Motions were made by magistrates and approved by the court during the new business portion of the meeting.
Earlier, during the public comment period, resident Roy Legaspi urged the court to implement employee timeclocks to better monitor overtime and costs and suggested forming a committee to examine EMS run counts and cost-per-run, saying he had gathered data showing a correlation between the number of runs and county costs. Legaspi also criticized how flood-levy expenses were charged and suggested beneficiaries, not general fund taxpayers, should pay levy-related costs. The minutes quote him saying levy expenses had been "rubber stamped."
Judge Executive John Riley acknowledged EMS pay rates were under review as part of the budget process. The court approved the personnel motions by recorded vote; wage rates and hiring were recorded in the minutes and will be implemented by county payroll once background checks and any required screenings are complete.
The court did not vote to establish an EMS review committee during the meeting. No specific follow-up timeline for a county-initiated EMS efficiency study was adopted at the March 2 session.
