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Council adopts fee schedule but asks staff for 60-day review of ambulance charges
Summary
Frasier council adopted the FY2627 fee schedule with an instruction for staff to analyze ambulance-transport fees and resident impacts over 60 days, after members questioned whether residents already funding EMS via PA33 should also face transport charges.
The council approved the city’s FY2627 fee schedule but attached a 60-day directive for staff to review ambulance-transport charges and the fees’ interaction with the PA33 public-safety millage.
Council member Shornack asked for a step-up schedule for repeat code violators and raised concerns that residents are effectively paying twice if they both pay the PA33 millage and the per-run ambulance charge. Staff explained the city’s existing civil-infraction fine escalation (first-offense $150, then $250, $500 and $1,000) and described ambulance billing tiers: basic life support and advanced life support runs typically billed between about $425 and $1,000 depending on level and residency. City management and public-safety officials cautioned that eliminating transport fees entirely for residents would have budget implications for the ambulance fund and recommended a detailed financial analysis.
Council moved to adopt the fee schedule as presented, remove a lingering "amusement device" fee, and direct staff to return within 60 days with a financial impact analysis of alternative approaches to resident ambulance charges (for example, waiver caps or reduced rates). The motion passed by voice vote.
Ending: Council asked staff to provide a run-count breakdown by resident vs. non-resident and by run type (BLS/ALS), and to model revenue impacts of proposed reductions or caps before any change is adopted.
