{"id":12751,"date":"2026-09-25T19:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/wells-staffing-new-ems-department\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:17:38","slug":"wells-staffing-new-ems-department","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/wells-staffing-new-ems-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Wells staffing new EMS department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RxONAm7m2T\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/03\/wells-ems-reaches-340k-settlement-over-allegations-of-medicare-fraud\/\">Wells EMS reaches $340K settlement over allegations of Medicare fraud<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWells EMS reaches $340K settlement over allegations of Medicare fraud\u201d \u2014 The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/03\/wells-ems-reaches-340k-settlement-over-allegations-of-medicare-fraud\/embed\/#?secret=IPzQjD1RZg#?secret=RxONAm7m2T\" data-secret=\"RxONAm7m2T\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The referendum would allow the town to create 14 full-time positions to replace the current Wells Emergency Medical Services, also known as WEMS, a private ambulance service that notified the town that it will cease operations after a September settlement totaling around $340k.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"14 full positions at an average cost of $99,148 (including benefits) commencing in fiscal year 2028.","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"The positions will be created.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"The positions will not be immediately created.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/03\/wells-ems-reaches-340k-settlement-over-allegations-of-medicare-fraud\/","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1100],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-12751","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-wells"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13455,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12751\/revisions\/13455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=12751"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=12751"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=12751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}