Fire & EMS Operational and Financial Transparency Report

Move that the Town Manager be directed to obtain and publish a comprehensive Fire and EMS full-cost accounting analysis, separating Fire and EMS into distinct cost centers. The analysis shall include, but not be limited to, call volume and service demand separated by municipality and service type; staffing levels, wages, benefits, overtime, on-call compensation, and related labor costs; insurance, training, certifications, compliance costs; billing practices, collections, write-offs, and net EMS revenue; mutual aid responses provided and received, including associated costs; interlocal service reimbursements, payments, or subsidies; fully burdened per-call cost for Fire services and for EMS services, calculated separately and by municipality; identification of the minimum number of personnel required to safely operate Fire and EMS services and whether, and under what conditions, staffing levels could be reduced or service demand decreases; and how the financial impact on Lincoln taxpayers under each of the following scenarios: full per-capita reimbursement, 80% reimbursement, a combined-population rate, and the withdrawal of one or more contracting municipalities.