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Residents, firefighters plead with Santa Fe County to renegotiate Edgewood JPA as July 1 deadline looms
Summary
Dozens of residents, firefighters and elected officials urged Santa Fe County commissioners to renegotiate the joint powers agreement with the Town of Edgewood to avoid a gap in fire and EMS protection, warning of insurance, response-time and wildfire risks if services change on July 1.
Santa Fe County commissioners heard emotional public testimony on a swiftly escalating dispute over a terminated joint powers agreement (JPA) with the Town of Edgewood that commissioners were told could leave thousands of people without the county'9s current fire and emergency medical services.
County Manager Schaefer framed the dispute as a long-standing contractual arrangement going back to a JPA first implemented in 2005 and described the town'9s recent "new interpretation of the joint powers agreement" and a period in which the town "did not make agreed upon payments for 3 years." Schaefer said the county was willing to continue operating under the historic understanding of the JPA but that any future talks would need to address a clear…
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