A new $250 “First Responder Fee” was approved by the Long Beach City Council to be collected whenever Long Beach Fire Department paramedics provide medical service.

Fire Chief Mike DuRee said that the fee was requested in response to a projected $1.7 million deficit in next year’s or fiscal 2017’s budget. Conservative estimates are that the new fee would raise an additional $1.6 million each year.

 

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