Fiscal Note
Revenues and expenditures of $23,350 will be added to the 2006 Public Health Operating Budget. There is no impact upon cost controls or the tax levy.
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Authorizing the Madison Department of Public Health to accept a grant for
West Nile Virus Mosquito Assessment and Control from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services-Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases for up to $23,350 in 2006 and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the grant agreement.
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PREAMBLE
Since 2002 the Madison Department of Public Health (MDPH) has conducted West Nile Virus (WNV) surveillance in the Madison metropolitan area. Currently, the program involves monitoring accessible surface water on public property for mosquito larvae, treatment of surface waters when larvae populations are high, capturing adult mosquitoes to measure population levels and monitor for the presence of WNV infection, and monitoring reports of WNV illness in birds and humans to assess the risk of human WNV infection.
The existing program has three objectives:
- Increase our understanding of the potential for urban water sources to produce mosquitoes that may carry disease.
- Take action to eliminate large populations of mosquito larvae in public water sources through larvicide treatment.
- Identify the time period when the risk of WNV to humans is high so the community can be reminded to take precautions.
West Nile virus is now considered to be endemic to Wisconsin. While there was only one case of WNV in Dane County in 2004, there were three cases in 2005-one a fatality.
MDPH has received a grant of $23,350 from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services-Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases to use for WNV mosquito assessment and control. The grant agreement is for January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. With this resolution, the Common Council authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the Grant Agreement with that will allow MDPH to accept these funds.
The grant was not expected, so the 2006 Operating Budget is amended with this resolution.
WHEREAS the Madison Department of Public Health has conducted West Nile Virus surveillance in Madison since 2002;
WHEREAS the Madison Department of Public has provided these services and wishes to continue these programs for 2006;
WHEREAS State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services-Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases has awarded the Madison Department of Public Health a grant for $23,350 for use for West Nile Virus mosquito assessment and control;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk on behalf of the City of Madison Department of Public Health are authorized to enter into a one-year agreement from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 with the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services-Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases for the purpose of West Nile Virus Mosquito Assessment and Control.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 2006 Operating Budget be amended by the following amounts:
$17,080 GN01-51100-443640-00-4420000-00000000-44370061 Permanent Salaries
$6,270 GN01-52000-443640-00-4420000-00000000-44370061 Benefits
($23,350) GN01-73214-4463640-00-4420000-00000000-44370061 Grant Revenues (increase)
Net Levy Impact $0.00