Pelham Town Board update: Council votes to override tax cap to support new ambulance contract

October 11, 2023

(Courtesy: eastchesterems.com)

Click to view the pdf of the entire Town of Pelham Board update for September. Among the highlights from the report:

“In the coming weeks, the town will be preparing its 2024 budget. A public hearing on the budget will take place at the Dec. 4 town board meeting, with approval to take place at the Dec. 18 meeting (if necessary). The most significant budget item will be for the new contract with Town of Eastchester for a dedicated ambulance, as well as the operation of our current EMS fly car vehicle. While we expect that this may mean going over the 2% tax cap (which the board approved by Local Law #2 at the September board meeting), we believe that having our own dedicated ambulance is a critical service for the health and safety of our community.”

Pelham Fly Car Statistics

“For the month of August 2023, the average response time for the units backing up the fly car was 9:56. Also there was one 10-minute response for the fly car that was due to responding from another cancelled call in town.”

Calls in Village of Pelham: 31

Calls in Village of Pelham Manor: 43

Calls on Hutchinson River Parkway: 4

Calls on I-95: 1

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Natali Wind • Oct 12, 2023 at 10:52 pm

Obviously I’m in favor of ambulances but if other communities can have them without overriding the tax cap, why can’t Pelham?


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  Shaun Breidbart • Oct 15, 2023 at 6:32 pm
  
  From what I understand the tax cap is separate for VoP, VPM and the Town of Pelham.
  Since the Town of Pelham doesn’t have a huge budget, even a minor increase can blow through the cap.
  
  
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