The Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday afternoon discussed the budgets for the Johnson County Ambulance Service and Johnson County medical examiner.

The supervisors want each department to make 2 percent across-the-board cuts.

Stephen Spenler, the Ambulance Service director, and Assistant Director David Dvorsky asked the supervisors to fund an additonal ambulance to replace one of the older models currently in operation.

In the medical examiner’s office, Supervisor Sally Stutsman said, upgrading one of the staff positions to assistant medical examiner would provide a cost-effective way to cover staffing.

The supervisors said they would make no decisions regarding the cuts until 2010.

— by Kevin Hoffman