Dec 30, 2025 Commissioners Meeting [13:27-16:46]

Because all we can do is approve what we can pay for And we cannot pay for it right now. I wish we could but we can't That's a question better addressed to the council Yes When you ask us a question we can only answer those topics that we have control over All what's gone on with you bringing a contract that you know We've not been given an appropriation to fund is a farce and a façade You're here because you're looking for a platform You've had your platform if you're worried about money just as when they are worried about money There's only one source to answer that question and that's the council and the council has spoken We don't always agree with or like their decision-making either But we have to live with what they decide if there's a question about whether the service is valuable The I don't think the commissioners are saying the service is a valuable when I hear this commissioner saying he has is We don't have the money to pay for it. We've not been given an appropriation for it. Right. The council I understand in a meeting that occurred earlier in the fall Refers you to the commissioners knowing follow. We know I may money to pay for it I think that's something that requires Our request to the council to study it To look at it more closely to investigate it have a committee made perhaps form to address it So they can be taken up in the ordinary course of business for the 2027 budget Knowing that they're going to address these issues, but to blame the commissioners for this is nonsense You and Miller both know I know Chastising the commissioners on the record in the commissioners meeting is a long place to do it It all falls down to the county The county No, no, that's not true. It boils down to the council and their understanding of the ability to fund it I don't know what that ability is. I don't advise them, but my understanding is They're willing to look at any reasonable proposal that's given to them in enough time to study it and to make a considered approach to it I don't know how much consideration you made of the council when you set the ambulance surface up to begin with My understanding is as you have a tax rate you've gone on to go off and Set your own parameters establish your own budget and get your own tax rate from the state board You know from the LGF so when you're saying the county hasn't done you Wrong no one opposed your request to the state to receive tax revenues to fund the ambulance service I understand there's additional costs are involved and I wasn't present for the lit discussion So I don't know what happened at the lit discussion But the commissioners can only fund what they have approved in a budget to fund And for this year the council did not choose to fund this line item If the commissioners are given an allotment with which to negotiate a contract I'm sure they would consider it, but we've got to be given the money first. We have not been given the money