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McCook County applies $50,000 one-time reduction to EMS funding request
Summary
The McCook County Commission reduced McCook County EMS’s 2025 funding request by $50,000 as a one-time 2024 allocation; ongoing budget levels are expected to return to $254,300. Auditor Geralyn Sherman will notify the ambulance owner.
The McCook County Commission applied a one-time reduction of $50,000 to McCook County EMS’s requested funding during its July 30 special meeting.
Auditor Geralyn Sherman told commissioners that McCook County EMS had requested $304,300 for 2025 and that Bridgewater City’s listed fair share was $46,400. Following discussion and reference to an excerpt from the Sept. 26, 2023 meeting minutes, the board lowered the current request by $50,000; the transcript records that the ongoing budget figure would revert to $254,300 after the one-time adjustment. Sherman said she will notify BJ Stiefvater Jr., owner of the ambulance service, about the board’s decision.
Commissioners did not record a roll-call tally in the minutes for this specific adjustment; the action is recorded as the board’s decision during budget review. The reduction was presented as a one-time allocation for 2024, not a permanent decrease, according to the meeting record.
