Byline: MIKE GOODWIN Staff writer
Mayor Brian U. Stratton, grappling with the likelihood that an increase in state aid will fall far short of the $4.7 million boost he requested this year, will consider the elimination of the Fire Department's paramedic squad.
The mayor said the city could save roughly $1 million a year by cutting the 16 firefighters positions that staff the paramedic operation while bringing in a private company, possibly Mohawk Ambulance Service, to handle emergency medical services.
``It would be a viable option,'' Stratton said Tuesday, a day after he learned the city will probably receive only $1.4 million in additional state …
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