Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the acceptance of $864,524.68 in state funding for the EMS Funding Assistance Program and amends the 2025 adopted operating budget by the same amount. The EMS Funding Assistance Program awards supplemental funding to eligible Wisconsin ambulance service providers for improvements to their EMS systems and training of EMS personnel. The awarded funding does not require a city match. No additional appropriation is required.
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Amending the 2025 adopted operating budget for the City of Madison Fire Department to accept $864,524.68 in state funding from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for the Emergency Medical Services Funding Assistance Program.
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WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Health Care awards annual funding through the EMS Funding Assistance Program (FAP) to the Madison Fire Department (MFD);
WHEREAS, EMS FAP guidelines requires most of the funding to be used by Wisconsin ambulance service providers for vehicles, EMS equipment, communications, personal protective equipment, training, or wellness;
WHEREAS, EMS FAP funding cannot be used for personnel costs, such as wages, benefits, or medical director fees;
WHEREAS, Wisconsin legislation has expanded the total funding for EMS FAP in state fiscal year 2025 and used an updated formula for the 2025 disbursement to ambulance service providers around the state, resulting in $864,524.68 being awarded to the City of Madison Fire Department;
WHEREAS, per Wis. Stat. 256.12(4) EMS FAP funding shall supplement existing, budgeted moneys of, or provided to, an ambulance service and may not be used to replace, decrease, or release for alternative purposes the existing, budget moneys of, or provided to, the ambulance service provider;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Madison Fire Department’s 2025 adopted operating budget is amended to appropriate the full $864...
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