WAB: More Ambulance Service Turmoil

A few months ago the County Commission gave the ambulance service $250,000 to open a station in the north end of the county. This was not discussed and approved in the budget committee as procedures require. Later they came back after realizing there was more coin in the trough and were given another $35,000 to cover benefits. So for this one station citizens are committed to $285,000 per year. Is the same amount allocated for the Elkton station? With a budget now well over a million dollars why is the ambulance service in such turmoil? Why is there such a large amount of un-collected fees? What could possibly be the justification in asking for a 40% pay increase for one employee while acknowledging others who work in the same department are being paid so little? Allen Barrett