By Robert Harding
The Citizen
AUBURN, N.Y. — A second Cayuga County town has signed a contract with the city for ambulance services.
The Auburn City Council on Tuesday approved the five-year agreement with the town of Springport. According to the contract, which will begin Jan. 1, 2026, and run through 2030, the town will pay an annual fee to the city. The fee will be $22,448 in 2026, $23,121 in 2027, $23,814 in 2028, $24,528 in 2029 and $25,263 in 2030. Auburn City Ambulance will bill patients for service calls.
Kezia Sullivan, director of operations for Auburn City Ambulance, told the council that discussions with the town and Union Springs Fire Department began in the fall. She also had conversations with Auburn City Comptroller Mary Beth Leeson about charging rates that would cover administrative costs.
“This is a little less than what other towns are paying,” Sullivan said, while noting that it “becomes less expensive to run a bigger system.”
Although the city and town have a formal agreement, Auburn City Ambulance was already the primary provider of ambulance services in Springport. The contract won’t change the agency’s current operations there, according to Sullivan.
“This is just them supporting what we’re already doing,” she said.
Auburn City Ambulance was founded in 2021. The city-run service replaced TLC, a private operator.
In 2024, the agency expanded its service to the town of Owasco. Under that agreement, which was recently renewed, the town pays $250,000 and Auburn has an ambulance stationed at the town’s fire hall.
Auburn won’t have an ambulance based in Springport as part of its contract with the town.
Mayor Jimmy Giannettino thanked Sullivan for working with the town of Springport and finalizing the agreement.
“There is value to what this ambulance service is providing, not only to the people of Auburn but to people throughout Cayuga County,” he said.
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