May 2021 | Vol. 01 Iss. 03
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PARAMEDIC SERVICES IN KAYSVILLE ARE CHANGING By Cindi Mansell / City Journals
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Kaysville City is changing its paramedic services. Photo courtesy Kaysville Ambulance website
avis County will soon relinquish services to the City The Kaysville City Council has signed an Interlocal Agreement between Kaysville, Davis County and Davis County Cities for the transfer of Paramedic Services. This agreement outlines the timing and steps involved in transitioning Paramedic Services from under Davis County control to the control of cities. Each city has been organized into a group by geographical and other factors. Kaysville will be grouped with Farmington and Fruit Heights. In meetings attended by every city manager and fire chief in the county, the Davis County Sheriff’s Office has steadfastly insisted that any change must bring improved paramedic service, be a cooperative effort that eliminates underserved islands in the county, and establish a closest-available-unit dispatch model where paramedics are dispatched irrespective of geo-political boundaries. This preliminary plan had been developed and, if approved by elected officials county-wide, would allow the Sheriff’s office to transition out of providing paramedic service and into providing more robust and effective law enforcement service in about two years. Fire Chief Paul Erickson said “this agreement is a crucial step in moving forward on meeting this important service in our city and in Davis County.” City Manager Shayne Scott said future discussion would be needed as to method and timing to remove the County Paramedic Funding Levy from property taxes being collected by Davis County to pay for paramedic services. He said this paramedic program would be in addition to the established firefighter program, and Kaysville must continue to fund the program once Davis County removes the tax. Future decisions would need to be made whether Continued page 8
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