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Mendota council approves cash incentive – up to $7K – for first responders

The Mendota City Council adopted Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, an ordinance authorizing the purchase of property at 200 N. U.S. 52 for $1.15 million with all contents. The city has long wrestled with a space crunch and decided the purchase was a more cost-effective option than new construction.

The Mendota City Council adopted Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, an ordinance authorizing the purchase of property at 200 N. U.S. 52 for $1.15 million with all contents. The city has long wrestled with a space crunch and decided the purchase was a more cost-effective option than new construction. (Tom Collins)

By Tom Collins

First responders now have a financial incentive to become paramedics in Mendota.

On Monday, the Mendota City Council approved a side letter of agreement with Mendota Fire Department Local 4200, providing additional compensation for paramedics, from $2,000 to $7,000 a year. The hope is to incentivize more firefighters to acquire paramedic training.

“It will help those who are currently paramedics also,” Alderman Kyle Kim said.

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Tom Collins covers criminal justice in La Salle County.