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Measure P Paramedic Advanced Life Support Fire Engines and Ambulance Special Tax City of Albany 2/3 Approval Required Pass: 4169 / 72.03% Yes votes ...... 1619 / 27.97% No votes
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Results as of Jan 6 2:56pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (13/13) |
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Shall the Albany Municipal Code, Chapter 4-8 entitled "Paramedic Advanced Life Support Fire Engines and Ambulance Special Tax" be amended, as set forth in the Voter Pamphlet, to provide that the City Council may increase the tax commencing in fiscal year 2011-2012 in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the greater San Francisco area?
A "No" vote would reject the proposed measure allowing for an annual adjustment to the Paramedic Advanced Life Support Fire Engines and Ambulance Special Tax. This is a special tax to fund the Paramedic Advanced Life Support Fire Engines and Ambulance. The California Constitution requires a 2/3 approval of the voters voting.
Background
Proposed Modification
Fiscal Impact
The base rate for commercial property is $200.00 per year. If this Measure is approved, the base rate would be adjusted by the percentage increase in the CPI. lf there was a 1% increase in the CPI, the tax base rate would be adjusted to $202.00. In subsequent year the base rate increase in the CPI.
s/ROBERT ZWEBEN
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Arguments For Measure P |
Albany is one of the few cities with an emergency medical
response time of fewer than four minutes. Our own fire
department gives constant care to residents from the time
they arrive on the scene until the ambulance reaches the
hospital, which means high quality medical care from
door to door.
Most other fire departments respond to 911 calls and then turn patients over to a private ambulance company for transport. With the funds for our two Albany paramedic transport engines, residents are taken to the hospital by Albany firefighter paramedics trained in advanced life support. To accommodate increasing costs, Measure P seeks an annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase to the current $18 assessment. This is about $0.53 per year for each residential and commercial unit. Using the average annual CPI for the last ten years, 2.6 percent, the projected approximate increase will be $5.26 total for the next ten years. Thus the projected fee would be a modest $23.26 in 2020. Albany's Advanced Life Support medical response saves lives. Please join the Albany City Council and us in voting yes for Measure P and for the highest quality medical transport care.
s/Joanne Wile
(No arguments against Measure P were submitted) |