Eldridge City Council will either fund the fire department at its $766K budget ask, or transition fire protection to a “city-operated department.”
Those are the two paths forward presented in an agenda for the city council meeting Monday, July 20. The agenda was posted Friday afternoon.
The agenda lists “discussion and possible action” on one of two alternatives for fire service: funding Eldridge’s volunteer department at its $766,516 ask, or “directing staff to proceed with the transition of fire services to a City-operated department.”
Eldridge council members previously criticized the $766,516 ask, which is more than double the sum allotted by the city for fire protection and emergency medical services this year.
Meanwhile, fire department officials have said that half of all volunteers would depart if the city took over.
The city council will meet at the Eldridge Community Center at 7:30 p.m. Monday.