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County explores county-run ambulance staffing to improve Corinne-area coverage
Summary
Corinne council discussed a Box Elder County proposal to hire full‑time ambulance personnel to staff EMS across smaller towns, place staff on county payroll, and possibly create a new taxing entity to spread costs; local volunteers could apply for county positions.
Chair (identified in the transcript as speaker S2) told the Corinne City Council that Box Elder County is discussing a plan to hire full‑time ambulance staff to provide ambulance and emergency medical services across smaller towns including Corinne, Honeyville and Perry. The county would put those employees on county payroll and explore creating a new emergency‑services taxing entity to spread costs across the county.
"We as a municipality are required by law to provide an ambulance," Chair (S2) said, describing the county proposal as an option that would allow towns to avoid contracting individually with Brigham City for ambulance service. The chair said the county’s plan is intended to be more affordable by spreading costs over all households in Box Elder County.
Members asked how the arrangement would affect local volunteer fire departments. Committee member (S3) said local volunteers could still respond for their town while also being eligible to apply for county positions: "Our people would be eligible to apply just like anything else," S3 said, and county payroll would cover licensing and wages for those who were hired. The chair added that being on the county payroll would relieve small towns from carrying certain licensing burdens.
Council members discussed funding mechanics and next steps. The chair said the county has discussed creating a taxing entity to distribute costs and that funding details remained under consideration: "None of that's been decided," S2 said, adding that staff will provide cost estimates and funding options at an upcoming meeting. The council was told final cost and funding structure would be discussed again in roughly two weeks.
The discussion did not record a formal vote or final decision; council members indicated support for exploring the option. The council did not adopt a new policy during this meeting and deferred any binding action until the county provides funding details.
Next steps: council to receive requested data this week and reconvene to review final funding and cost allocations when county staff returns with numbers.
