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HEARING - Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board:
1) Conduct a public hearing to consider public comment, if any, on the maintenance of current fixed benefit assessments established in County Service Area 3; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 112-2017 thereby establishing that the fixed benefit assessments shall be maintained at the current fee level to support emergency medical services in County Service Area 3, South Shore Area, on improved parcels within the Service Area (except for the Tahoe West Shore Zone of Benefit) for Tax (Fiscal) Year 2017/18. (Est. Time: 15 Min.)
FUNDING: County Service Area 3 Benefit Assessments.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION:
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board adopt the Resolution establishing a fixed benefit assessment, maintained at the current level, to support emergency medical services in County Service Area (CSA) 3, South Shore Area, on improved parcels within the Service Area (except for the Tahoe West Shore Zone of Benefit) for Tax (Fiscal) Year 2017-2018.
Revenue collected from fixed benefit assessment fees will be used for pre-hospital emergency medical services. Levy of this assessment is necessary to provide a source of supplemental funding, over and above revenues collected from user fees, and is necessary to support the current level of operation.
This public hearing to consider the adoption of a Resolution maintaining the current fixed benefit assessments in CSA 3 was noticed in accordance with Government Code Section 6066 via a Notice of Public Hearing published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune on July 5, 2017 and July 12, 2017.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Both CSA 3 and a zone of benefit within CSA 3 were established through various Board of Supervisors (BOS) resolutions and pursuant to Title 3, Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 2.2 of California Government Code. Under California Government Code Section 25210.2, the County’s BOS is to act as t...
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