Brantford city councillors have agreed to extend the deadline for reaching a 2026 operating paramedics services budget to Oct. 31.

Councillors, at a special city council meeting Tuesday, voted unanimously in favour of the extension in response to a request from the County of Brant.

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Although the county operates the Brant Brantford Paramedic Service, it is funded by both municipalities and overseen by a joint city-county committee. The committee develops and recommends for approval the service’s operating and capital budgets.

By agreement the committee must recommend for approval a draft budget by Oct. 1. Once that happens, the budget must then be approved by both municipal councils.

This year, the paramedic services committee has been unable to reach agreement on a 2

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