County amends Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee ordinance, moves due date and narrows some charges

After multiple public notices and two formal readings, the Randolph County Commission approved amendments to the Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee Ordinance on May 14. Commissioner David Kesling summarized changes that the county adopted: the fee due date will move from the 5th to the 20th of the month; businesses that remit state taxes monthly or quarterly may pay the ambulance fee on that same schedule if they notify the commission in writing; and a single item with a value exceeding $10,000 will be exempt from the fee. Kesling also clarified that businesses are not required to list the fee separately on customer receipts if their point-of-sale systems cannot show it.

Kesling said the ordinance had been posted in local media and on the county website and that no public comments were received during the readings, though the county began receiving feedback after notification letters were mailed. The commission approved the changes unanimously. The amendments were presented as technical and administrative refinements intended to align fee collection with business tax cycles and to lessen burden in large, single-item sales.