City of Madison - File #: 03955

• File #: 03955
• Version: 1
• Name: Accept Grant on Behalf of Fit City Madison
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/13/2006
• In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 8/1/2006
• Final action: 8/1/2006
• Enactment date: 8/7/2006
• Enactment #: RES-06-00674
• Title: Authorizing the Madison Department of Public Health on behalf of Fit City Madison to accept a grant from the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center $4,000 and amending the 2006 Public Health Operating Budget to allow for the receipt and expenditure of these grant funds.
• Sponsors: Judy K. Olson

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/1/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
7/24/2006	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
7/20/2006	1	BOARD OF HEALTH FOR MADISON AND DANE COUNTY	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
6/20/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
6/20/2006	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Refer
6/13/2006	1	Health Department	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
6/13/2006	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
6/13/2006	1	Health Department	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
Revenues and expenditures of $4,000 will be added to the 2006 Public Health Operating Budget for Fit City Madison. There is no anticipated impact upon cost controls or the tax levy.
Title
Authorizing the Madison Department of Public Health on behalf of Fit City Madison to accept a grant from the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center $4,000 and amending the 2006 Public Health Operating Budget to allow for the receipt and expenditure of these grant funds.
Body
PREAMBLE
The Fit City Madison Coalition, an initiative created by Mayor David Cieslewicz in 2003, has grown into a large public-private partnership of 50 organizations and is staffed by Madison Department of Public Health (MDPH). With this pilot project, Fit City Madison will bring the resources of its staff and partner organizations to two Dane County businesses to plan and implement sustainable strategies to promote health eating and physical activity in their workplace. Both businesses and multiple Fit City partners have committed to the project. This project will also provide experience and tools that can be replicated in other worksites, bring new partners into the Fit City Madison Coalition, and extend Fit City Coalition's reach beyond the Madison city limits.

Two businesses have been selected for this project. Webcrafters, a Madison printing company that employs 675, was identified and selected through contacts with The Alliance, a membership cooperative of 144 local employers offering self-insured health benefit programs. HospiceCare is a Fitchburg-based health care provider employing 285.

The Fit City Madison Coordinator and other public health chronic disease prevention staff will facilitate the development of a wellness team at each worksite and guide each team though the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating nutrition and physical activity strategies. This process will include orientation of teams to evidence-based strategies (activities ...