Council to Hold Hearing on Ambulance Fee
Voters rejected the proposal in a 2010 referendum.
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It's deja vu all over again.
The Montgomery County Council is asking residents to speak out at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on County Executive Isiah Leggett's proposed ambulance fee, a measure that proved to be contentious in 2010.
The fee would authorize the county to impose and collect a reimbursement to recover costs generated by providing emergency medical services transports, according to a Montgomery County Council news release.
County voters defeated a similar measure in 2010 by a 54 percent to 46 percent margin.
The fee would have generated $14 million toward the county's budget shortfall according to supporters, but those against the fee said it would deter people from calling ambulances.
The hearing will be held in the Third Floor Hearing Room of the Stella B. Werner Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville. To sign up to testify or to obtain copies of testimony, call the council office at 240-777-7803.
B Allen
10:02 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Leggett is a knucklehead. Well the county council ar a bunch of knukleheads also. They think the residents of MoCo are stupid. If they take a service from us that we are paying for with our taxes now, then they think that would be an opening for them to take other services away from us. They are probably planning right now trying to figure out a cost to impose if a fire truck had to put out a house fire or maybe even charge the taxpayers for police having to investigate a crime commited towards them, they would think they have "carte blanche". GET THEM ALL OUT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS GOING DOWN THE TUBES FAST!!!!
Ray Whalen
10:19 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Leggett to voters: "Up yours!"
Jeff Hawkins
10:42 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Absolutely unreal. Have not the citizen's of the County already registered their desire? Evidently that desire can be completely ignored, what arrogance........
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