City of Madison - File #: 82225

• File #: 82225
• Version: 1
• Name: Amending the 2024 adopted operating budget for the City of Madison Fire Department to accept $499,379 from the University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Office of the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) for the City of Madison Firefig
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/23/2024
• In control: Fire Department
• On agenda: 3/19/2024
• Final action: 3/19/2024
• Enactment date: 3/22/2024
• Enactment #: RES-24-00206
• Title: Amending the 2024 adopted operating budget for the City of Madison Fire Department to accept $499,379 from the University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Office of the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) for the City of Madison Firefighter/EMT Development Program.
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Isadore Knox Jr.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/19/2024	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt - 15 Votes Required	Pass
3/11/2024	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT (15 VOTES REQUIRED) - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
3/5/2024	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
2/23/2024	1	Fire Department	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the acceptance of $499,379 from the University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, and amends the Fire Department’s (MFD) 2024 adopted operating budget by the same amount. Funding will be used for the Firefighter/ EMT Development Program, a three-year program designed to hire, educate, and train four interns with the intent to further diversify the workforce at MFD and to increase economic stability in the community. Two individuals will be hired in 2024 and two in 2025. Each intern will be compensated at $17.50 per hour, with benefits, along with their school supplies, textbooks, and tuition, all paid for by the grant funding. The awarded funding does not require a city match and at the end of the grant period the program will be suspended unless new funding sources can be identified. There is no impact on the levy at this time.

Title
Amending the 2024 adopted operating budget for the City of Madison Fire Department to accept $499,379 from the University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Office of the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) for the City of Madison Firefighter/EMT Development Program.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Fire Department (MFD) applied for a Community Impact Grant in 2023 from the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, which is committed to improving health and advancing health equity in Wisconsin through investments in research, education, and community partnerships;

WHEREAS, MFD was awarded the Community Impact Grant Level Two grant award for its proposal for a Firefighter/EMT Development Program;

WHEREAS, the Firefighter/EMT Development Program is a three-year program, June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, designed to hire, educate, and train four (4) interns to further diversify the workforce at MFD and to increase economic stability in our community;

WHEREAS, each intern will spend 40 h...