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Board tables decision on adjusted payment schedule for fire and rescue amid insurance, cash-flow concerns
Summary
Supervisors discussed an adjusted payment schedule affecting local fire departments and rescue squads, raised concerns about shared insurance renewals and cash flow, and arranged a follow-up meeting with fire-rescue representatives to resolve timing issues.
During unfinished business on Aug. 6, a committee member asked whether an adjusted payment schedule had been discussed with the fire departments and rescue squads and warned that common insurance renewal dates could be jeopardized. The committee member said the shared insurance carrier and synchronized renewal dates mean changing payment timing could risk coverage: “Those renewal dates come at this point in time in the year, and they use those payments,” the committee member said.
Board members agreed the issue required coordination and suggested tabling a final decision until they could meet with fire and rescue leadership. The board scheduled a follow-up meeting next Wednesday at the Hazmat Building for county representatives and fire-rescue officials, and assigned Mr. Carter and Mr. Collins to attend and discuss cash-flow timing and options. No formal vote to change the schedule was recorded in the transcript.
