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Brigham City outlines per-call billing options if no interlocal deal reached
Summary
Brigham City officials told Willard council they could send invoices per response for calls outside Brigham's limits (example figures: $2,350 per fire response, $2,250 per EMS transport) if negotiations on mutual aid and contribution fail.
Brigham City presented a fallback billing scenario to the Willard City Council in which it would send invoices for responses outside its corporate limits if interlocal or mutual-aid agreements could not be negotiated. Tom Cotter, Brigham City finance director, displayed per-call example rates that the city might present to its council: roughly $2,350 for a fire response and $2,250 for an EMS transport.
Cotter explained that the per-call numbers were computed to recover a portion of Brigham City's subsidy once it removed calls considered within its corporate limits. He emphasized the rates were illustrative and that Brigham City preferred to negotiate reciprocal ordinances and agreements. Council members pushed back that a net calculation must factor in how often Willard crews respond into Brigham City limits; presenters acknowledged that reciprocity could materially change the net obligation and said the cities would model both directional billing scenarios before any final decision.
