Jackson to review 1-year Fire and EMS agreement extension June 15

Jackson Town Council is set to review a first amendment that would extend its 2025 fire and ambulance services agreement with Teton County for one more year, while both sides work toward a fully rewritten deal later in 2026, per the Town Council agenda.

The amendment language says the Town and County would contribute to a dedicated Fire and Emergency Medical Services fund using four equal-weight factors: incident count, population served, staffing, and fleet. For folks living out in the county, that “incident count” piece matters, because it is based on a five-year average of calls split between inside-town calls and the rest of the valley, with mutual aid calls excluded. If you want to track this one, listen for whether council members ask for the actual percentages this formula would produce for the next budget cycle, and how often it will be updated once the new agreement is drafted.