Fiscal Note
This grant will be accounted for in a segregrated fund (SG49). There is no effect on the Expenditure Restraint Program to the levy.
Title
Approval to accept a Homeland Security/2007 Metropolitan Medical Response System OJA Grant for $250,401.
Body
The City of Madison Fire Department has received notification from the State of Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance as to the award of a grant for the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) in the amount of $250,401. The grant covers preparing for response to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and mass casualty incidents.
The grant covers the metropolitan area which includes Dane County. The focus area for this program are interoperable communications, medical supplies, training, exercises, mass care, mass casualty protocols with the Milwaukee program, patient tracking and volunteer utilization.
The grant budget is:
SG49-54630-722110-72231007 $ 5,000
SG49-54950-722110-72231007 80,000
SG49-55510-722110-72231007 5,256
SG49-55570-722110-72231007 10, 000
SG49-55590-722110-72231007 30,000
SG49-55155-722110-72231007 20,000
SG49-55511-722110-72231007 100,145
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council approve acceptance of this Homeland Security Program grant award from the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance for the MMRS Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor, Clerk and other designated City officials are authorized to execute the award documents.