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Commission approves funding request for Elkton Community Ambulance training and radios; total requested amount unclear in record
Summary
Brookings County approved a funding request for Elkton Community Ambulance covering accelerated EMT training and handheld radios; transcript shows the county will fund from fund balance but the request total is not clearly legible in the meeting record.
Commissioners voted to approve a funding request from the Elkton Community Ambulance for accelerated EMT training and additional handheld radios. Commissioners and staff described the training cost as roughly $500 per person for EMT-Basic upgrade training and discussed options for radios compatible with county digital channels.
Finance staff said the money would likely come from fund balance and that a supplemental budget would be required. County staff indicated fund balance capacity and that a new general-ledger line would be created for Elkton Ambulance expenses. After discussion and an amendment, the motion to fund the request carried on a roll-call vote.
The exact total the ambulance requested is not clearly rendered in the transcript record provided; the file contains transcription artifacts in the dollar-amount lines. Because the amount is ambiguous in the transcript, this report notes that the county approved the request and will fund it from fund balance pending supplemental-budget action rather than restating a specific dollar total.
"They're doing, request... they requested all the townships..." one commissioner said describing outreach; finance staff said, "It would just come out of fund balance. We would have to do a supplemental budget."
