| City County Funding Arrangement - Fire Medical Department | |||||||||||
| Agreed funding for operations - city 74% / county 26% | |||||||||||
| Operation | County | Health | Ambulance | Mill Levy | |||||||
| Budget | Only | Insurance | Total | Fees | Less Fees | % | |||||
| City Budget | 9,214,359 | 0 | 1,052,806 | 10,267,165 | 0.00 | 12.46 | 73.22% | ||||
| County Budget | 3,485,395 | 269,072 | 0 | 3,754,467 | 1,337,143 | 2.21 | 26.78% | ||||
| Total | 12,699,754 | 269,072 | 14,021,632 | ||||||||
| A taxpayer in the City of Lawrence owning a house with a market value of $160,000 | |||||||||||
| (This neglects any funding of Fire operations with sales tax revenue) | |||||||||||
| Property | For | ||||||||||
| Taxes | Fire/Ambulance | ||||||||||
| City taxes | 485.08 | 229.21 | |||||||||
| County taxes | 552.18 | 40.62 | |||||||||
| 1037.26 | 269.83 | ||||||||||
| A taxpayer in the unincorporated areas of Douglas County owning a $160,000 house | |||||||||||
| Property | For | ||||||||||
| Taxes | Ambulance | ||||||||||
| County taxes | 552.18 | 40.62 | |||||||||
| Should the ambulance related expenses be budgeted in a separate division within the Fire Department? | |||||||||||
| Should the additional salary related to paramedic and EMT certification be paid by the County? | |||||||||||
| Should the cost of Fire truck responses to ambulance calls be allocated to the County both for operating and replacement costs? | |||||||||||
| Should the setting of ambulance fees and their method of collection be changed? | |||||||||||