Commissioners debate amending tuition-assistance policy to speed EMS training access
County staff and commissioners debated changing the county's tuition-assistance eligibility (currently requires 12 months' employment) to allow earlier reimbursement for EMS employees pursuing paramedic training; discussion was paused for further review and the item was put on next week's agenda.
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Commissioners and staff discussed modifying the county's qualified education assistance policy to allow employees, particularly EMS recruits, to access tuition assistance before the current 12-month employment requirement. A staff speaker said, "We were asking that, we could amend the plan because currently it states that you have to be employed full time for 12 months," and argued that making the program available sooner could help recruit and retain EMS personnel.
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