Part-Time Ambulance to be Eliminated from Placerville

The eight full-time and one part-time ambulance that serve El Dorado County are part of a county-wide organization or Joint Powers Authority (JPA), that is governed by a board composed of the fire chiefs from each of the 10 fire districts in the county. Escalating costs and declining revenues attributed to reductions in the number of calls and increasing numbers of Medicare and Medi-Cal patients have caused a budget deficit of $1.1 million.

Despite cost-cutting measures and the labor concessions that will save $300,000, a shortfall of $600,000 is anticipated and elimination of the part-time unit will save approximately $660,000, enough to balance out the 2013-2014 budget said Marty Hackett, executive director of El Dorado County Emergency Services Authority.

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