Fiscal Note
The 2008 Operating Budget for Public Health-Madison and Dane County will be amended to include these revenues and expenses. There will be no impact on the tax levy or cost controls.
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Amending the 2008 Public Health Operating Budget to accept Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program supplemental funding and increase a Dietetic Specialist from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 FTE.
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WHEREAS the caseload for the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC) operated by Public Health-Madison and Dane County has grown at an average rate of almost 100 new cases a month since the annual agreement was approved last Fall;
WHEREAS the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services is offering a supplemental grant of $68,708 to Public Health-Madison and Dane County for this additional caseload;
WHEREAS Public Health-Madison and Dane County has a vacant 0.5 FTE Dietetic Specialist and needs additional staff to accommodate the additional clients;
WHEREAS Public Health-Madison and Dane County is also being offered a grant of $16,143 for lactation education with the condition that an hourly employee be hired to assist with breastfeeding education;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Public Health-Madison and Dane County is authorized to accept WIC supplemental funding of $68,708 and an additional $16,143 for lactation education being offered by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services for the period July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the position of Dietetic Specialist be increased from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 FTE and remain at that level contingent upon the annual WIC contract remaining above $913,330 and the caseload above 6,315 clients;
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the 2009 Public Health Operating Budget is amended with these expenses and revenues recognized in the following accounts:
WIC Supplemental Grant
UA77-51100-775220-00-0000000-00000000-77551081 Permanent Salary $40,436
UA77-52000-775220-00-0000000-00000000-7...
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