Council to Hold Hearing on Ambulance Fee

It's deja vu all over again.

The Montgomery County Council is asking residents to speak out at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on County Executive Isiah Leggett's proposed ambulance fee, a measure that proved to be contentious in 2010.

The fee would authorize the county to impose and collect a reimbursement to recover costs generated by providing emergency medical services transports, according to a Montgomery County Council news release.

County voters  in 2010 by a 54 percent to 46 percent margin.

The fee would have generated $14 million toward the county's budget shortfall according to supporters, but those against the fee said it would deter people from calling ambulances.

The hearing will be held in the Third Floor Hearing Room of the at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville. To sign up to testify or to obtain copies of testimony, call the council office at 240-777-7803.