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Committee recommends $13.0 million county contribution to sustain Williamson County ambulance service
Summary
The law enforcement and public safety committee recommended a $13,000,500 county contribution to Williamson Health's ambulance service after debating a $14 million request; the recommendation, approved unanimously, goes to the budget committee for final action.
Williamson County’s law enforcement and public safety committee on April 15 recommended a $13,000,500 county contribution to sustain the county’s ambulance service after debating a $14 million subsidy request from Williamson Health.
The request came from Phil Mazuca of Williamson Health, who told the committee the hospital has absorbed multi‑year losses running the ambulance service and asked the county to increase its subsidy. “In the last 18 years, we have saved the taxpayers $53,000,000,” Mazuca said, arguing the system has operated at a structural loss in recent years and that ongoing increases in runs…
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