Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a five-year contract between the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department (UWPD) and the City of Madison Fire Department (MFD) to establish the parameters for cooperative support between UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety and Madison Fire Department for lake rescue and emergency medical services support. The UWPD will reimburse MFD for medical direction services, training, equipment, and expendable EMS products in the amount of $500 annually per emergency medical responder (EMR) or supervisor of UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety. Reimbursement funds will be deposited in MFD's Operating Budget. UWPD will be responsible for all costs and liability associated with UWPD employees. No City appropriation is required.
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Authorizing an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department (UWPD) for lake rescue and emergency medical services support.
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WHEREAS, the UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety team provides a vital lake rescue service for UW-Madison students - and the greater Madison community - who frequent the waters of Lake Mendota;
WHEREAS, the Madison Fire Department (MFD), operated by the City of Madison, has an approved “Emergency Medical Services Program” and a “State Medical Director” under Wis. Stats. §256.12(2);
WHEREAS, MFD and UWPD have determined that each will benefit from UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety team being included in MFD’s Emergency Medical Services Program and State Medical Director services as an emergency medical responder;
WHEREAS, the City of Madison and UWPD are authorized by Wis. Stats. § 66.0301 to contract with each other for the receipt or furnishing of services for lake rescue support;
WHEREAS, MFD agrees to integrate the Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) of UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety into the MFD emergency medical service program. UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety agrees and understands that it will not transport sick, disabled, or injured individuals to a hospital or medical facility, but when appropriate can transport a patient on their boats and transfer care to either MFD Lake Rescue personnel or to shore and transfer care to MFD paramedics;
WHEREAS, UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety shall obtain and maintain emergency medical responder licenses, as defined in Wis. Stats. §256.15 (5); 256.01(5); 256.01(6), for all its personnel providing emergency medical services under the Emergency Medical Services Program and any other license(s) required by law or as may become required by law for the performance of EMR service delivery;
WHEREAS, UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety will conduct at its own expense required skills training and validation for its employees integrated into the Emergency Medical Services Program. MFD will account for UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety personnel training into the electronic records system utilized by MFD;
WHEREAS, MFD will assist with the procurement of equipment and supplies needed to equip UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety boats with the medical equipment and supplies that can be utilized in their scope of practice. MFD will maintain an annual list of requested supplies and will bill UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety for the actual cost of supplies on an annual basis;
WHEREAS, UWPD will pay Madison, on an annual basis, five hundred dollars ($500) per EMR or supervisor of UWPD Lake Rescue & Safety that MFD will include into its Emergency Medical Services Program;
WHEREAS, this agreement shall be effective following final signatures of all parties, and, unless terminated sooner under provisions elsewhere in this agreement, shall be in effect until December 31, 2026 with the option to exercise up to four (4) annual renewals upon written consent from both parties.
WHEREAS, the City Attorney’s Office and City Risk Manager have reviewed and approved the proposed agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign an intergovernmental agreement, as described above, between the City of Madison and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, on behalf of University of Wisconsin-Madison, including its University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, for the City of Madison Fire Department to provide lake rescue support;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City of Madison Fire Chief is authorized to sign annual contract renewals, after review and approval by the City Attorney and City Risk Manager, for the years 2027-2030.