Ambulance district asks Bannock County to put Chubbuck ambulance levy on May 2027 ballot
Commissioners took no vote and plan to revisit the request in about a month.
The Bannock County ambulance district asked county commissioners Nov. 5 to place a levy override on the May 2027 ballot to pay for one additional ambulance in Chubbuck, according to the recording of the meeting, where the commission sat as the district's board.
Pocatello Fire Chief Shane Grow said the measure would set the rate at $40 per $100,000 of assessed value, up from $22.89 now, or roughly $17 more per $100,000 a year. He said it would raise about $1.77 million, enough for the ambulance and a full year of operating costs.
The district projected the added ambulance would improve advanced life support response times in the Chubbuck zone by 37.54%. Current response times cited were 13 minutes 59 seconds in the Chubbuck zone, 17 minutes 34 seconds in the North Bannock zone and 10 minutes 54 seconds in Pocatello. Chubbuck's mayor and fire chief also took part in the presentation.
Commissioners took no vote. The chair said the board would come back to the request in a month or so for more discussion.
Source: Bannock County Commissioners meeting video, Nov. 5, 2026; fire chief's name from City of Pocatello News.