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Administrator says payment arrangement with PSI could reduce ambulance district levy
Summary
County Administrator Dee Rentmeister told the Finance Committee that a direct-payment schedule with PSI, routed through the Treasurer during tax disbursements, could lower the ambulance district levy; the committee asked her to contact PSI to explore the option.
The Finance Committee discussed a funding request from the ambulance district and potential levy implications. County Administrator Dee Rentmeister told the committee that if DeWitt County and PSI agree on how payments are timed and processed — specifically, by the Treasurer making payments during regular tax disbursements — the county might reduce the ambulance district’s levy because it would not need to maintain a year-to-year carryover to meet payment commitments.
Committee members asked Rentmeister to contact PSI to discuss a payment schedule and mechanics; no agreement or vote was recorded at the Sept. 9 meeting. The committee emphasized that a negotiated payment approach could direct more money to ambulance services without raising the levy, but any change would require follow-up negotiations and future board action.
