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(Councilor Ireland)
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:
1. Call volume and service demand, separated by municipality and service type;
2. Staffing levels, wages, benefits, overtime, on-call compensation, and related labor costs;
3. Insurance, training, certifications, and compliance costs;
4. Billing practices, collections, write-offs, and net EMS revenue;
5. Mutual aid responses provided and received, including associated costs;
6. Interlocal service reimbursements, payments, or subsidies;
7. Fully burdened per-call cost for Fire services and for EMS services, calculated
separately and by municipality;
8. Identify which expenses are fixed and which vary based on call volume, and shall show
what financial changes would occur if service demand decreases, including the potential
withdrawal of a contracting municipality;
9. Identify the minimum number of personnel required to safely operate Fire and EMS
services and explain whether, and under what conditions, staffing levels could be reduced
if service demand decreases; and
10. Show the financial impact on Lincoln taxpayers under each of the following scenarios:
fall per-capita reimbursement, 80% reimbursement, a combined-population rate, and the
withdrawal of one or more contracting municipalities.
MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: