The budget cuts continue in Carroll County. The county cut one ambulance (leaving two where they had four a year ago), four paramedics, and two EMTs. They also cut two Sheriff’s Deputies. They still have $250,000 to cut. They are thinking about selling a park.
Con-sol-o-daaaaa-tion, con-sol-o-da-tion.
And privatize EMS.
To be thick … why aren’t they raising taxes?
I don’t think they are able to do so. I haven’t followed it closely, but I think they’re being compelled by the Dept. of Local Government Finance to cut their expenditures by a certain number of dollars.