County administrator reassures Oneonta it will not be doubly taxed for ambulance service
By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA — Joshua Beams, the new Otsego County administrator, met with Rep. Jill Basile, D-Oneonta, on Friday, Oct. 8, to reassure her constituents "there will be no fiscal impact for Oneonta" with regards to the new EMS plans for the county.
Beams stressed Oneonta, which has its own community-funded EMS, will not be double charged for the county's supplemental ambulance service, which is direly needed in rural areas of Otsego.
According to Beams, the EMS service would be an "opt-in only program." The county will still service Oneonta through mutual aid, but city and/or town residents won't be taxed for the service if they chose to opt out.
"There will be no fiscal impact for Oneonta," Beams assured Basile.
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