Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the City to accept a three-year grant, totaling $1.2 million, through the US Department of Justice Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program (COAP). The City will utilize these funds to create an Addiction Resource Team and expand the current Madison Area Addition Recovery Initiative (MAARI).
The funds from the COAP grant will be appropriated within Fire, Police, and Public Health operating budgets from 2020-2022. The annual amounts will be as follows:
2020: $241,014
2021: $469,677
2022: $480,696
TOTAL: $1,200,000
The funding will be used to create 3.5 new positions outlined below:
Fire Department: 0.75 Community Paramedic (Limited Term Employee)
3 Year Total=$172,933
Public Health: 0.75 Project Coordinator (Limited Term Employee)
3 Year Total=$206,362
Police: 1.0 Police Officer & 1.0 Data Analyst (Permanent Employees)
3 Year Total=$382,433
Grant funding will also support the following contractual expenditures outlined below:
Dane County Human Services: Peer Support Contract
3 Year Total=$215,644
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute: Evaluation Services
3 Year Total=$112,659
Finally, a portion of the grant will be used for miscellaneous supply spending outlined below:
Travel Expenditures: 3 Year Total=$38,400
Misc Supplies: 3 Year Total=$18,780
Naloxone: 3 Year Total=$44,175
There is no local match associated with the grant funds. Following completion of the grant, the LTE positions in the Fire Department and Public Health will be eliminated. The permanent positions in the Police Department will continue and be fully funding by the General Fund. The ongoing cost of continuing these positions is approximately $170,000 annually.
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THIRD SUBSTITUTE A Resolution amending the 2019 2020 Operating Budgets of the Police Department, Fire Department and Public Health Madison Dane County; and accepting a U.S Department of Justice Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program (COAP)...
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