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Osceola County EMS board asks supervisors to keep levy, reconsider ambulance billing revenue split
Summary
The EMS Advisory Board asked supervisors to retain the EMS levy at ".45 cents" as recorded in the minutes and requested that ambulance-billing revenues from PCC be directed to EMS; staff proposed splitting those PCC revenues between the general basic fund and the EMS levy fund in the FY 2026–27 budget.
Don Shoberg, representing the Osceola County EMS Advisory Board, presented the board's FY 2026–27 funding request to the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 10. Shoberg asked the county to “keep the levy at .45 cents” as recorded in the minutes and to continue directing ambulance-billing revenues from PCC (the ambulance billing company) to EMS, noting those revenues are a funding source for emergency medical services.
Supervisors discussed how PCC collections are allocated in the draft FY 26/27 budget. County staff reported a proposal to split PCC revenues between the general basic fund and the EMS levy fund rather than channeling all collections to the EMS levy. The board did not take a final vote on the funding split that day and asked for the proposal to be reflected in the budget review process.
The request as recorded uses the phrasing ".45 cents." The board record did not specify the levy units or provide additional clarification; the county will need to confirm the intended levy rate and units when staff finalizes budget documents. No formal budget action on the EMS levy was recorded at the Feb. 10 meeting.
