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Emergency Medical Services, a division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer for the following:
1) Increase budgeted revenues and expenses by $208,000 in the County Service Area 7 Ambulance account;
2) Decrease budgeted Appropriations for Contingency and increase budgeted expenses by $41,000 in the Maddy/Richie Emergency Medical Services Fund;
3) Increase budgeted revenue and expenses by $5,608 within the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) special revenue fund (SRF) and increase the budgeted offsetting revenues and expenses within the HPP General Fund account by the same;
4) Establish budget for the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) SRF fund balance for $42, revenues for $2,300, and expenses for $2,342, and establish budget for the offsetting transfer into the CRI General Fund account by increasing revenues and expenses by $2,342, and;
5) Establish budget for the Pandemic Influenza (Pan Flu) SRF fund balance for $991, revenues for $2,900, and expenses for $3,891, and establish budget for the offsetting transfer into the Pan Flu General Fund account by increasing revenues and expenses by $3,891. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: No General Fund impact; funding from ambulance service fees, traffic violation fines, interest revenue, and California Department of Public Health grant funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division is recommending a budget transfer based on a midyear review of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Budget. The recommended budget changes are as follows:
County Service Area No. 7
County Service Area No. 7 (CSA 7) provides ambulance services to the Western Slope of El Dorado County. CSA 7 ambulance revenues and taxes are deposited into the CSA 7 Ambulance account, which is a non-General Fund account. These funds are utilized to cover costs of providing ambulance services within the CSA, and to partially fund the EMS program.
The CS...
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