The Gilbert Town Council approved a rate increase on the town’s ambulance services at its May 16 meeting.
The 3.95% rate increase was authorized by the Arizona Department of Health Services, which did it for all Certificate of Necessity holders on ambulance services.
Under the new rates, basic life support will cost $944.32 and advanced life support will be $1,059.65. Mileage will be charged at $18.34 per mile and stand-by at $236.09 per hour.
The vote was unanimous, though Council Member Yung Koprowski was absent, and was conducted along with two other public-hearing items for liquor licenses.
Council also voted to direct staff to publish a Notice of Intention to collect credit card service/surcharge fees for town billing activities. It will set a maximum surcharge fee of 4% for non-utility business services and a maximum $4 convenience fee per transaction for utility business services.
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Tom Blodgett Senior News Editor | Gilbert @sp_blodgett
Meet Tom Tom Blodgett joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2022, when the company acquired Community Impact Newspaper's Phoenix-area properties. Raised in Arizona, he has spent more than 35 years in journalism in the state.
Community: He has served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication since 2005, and is editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet. He also is director of operations for an 18U girls fastpitch softball team from Gilbert.
Education: Arizona State University with a BS in Journalism.
Random Fact: He lived in Belgium during his freshman year of high school.
Hobbies: Tweeting enthusiastically about ASU softball (season-ticket holder) and grumpily about other local sports (pessimistic fan).
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