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Emergency Medical Services, a division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer, based on a mid-year review of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Budget, for the following:
1) Increase budgeted revenues and expenses by $174,000 in the County Service Area 3 Ambulance fund;
2) Increase budgeted revenues and expenses by $285,000 in the County Service Area 7 Ambulance fund;
3) Increase budgeted revenue and expenses by $78,000 in the Maddy/Richie Emergency Medical Services Fund;
4) Transfer of $20,000 of appropriations in General Fund EMS Function from Salaries and Benefits to Intrafund Transfers;
5) Increase budgeted revenue and expenses by $240 within the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) special revenue fund (SRF) and increase budgeted revenues and expenses within the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) General Fund account by the same;
6) Increase budgeted revenues and expenses by $90 within the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) SRF fund and increase the budgeted revenues and expenses within the HPP General Fund account by the same, and;
7) Establish budget for the Pandemic Influenza (Pan Flu) SRF fund balance for $2,636, revenues for $150, and expenses for $2,786, and increase the budgeted revenues and expenses within the HPP General Fund account $2,786 (4/5 vote required).
FUNDING: Ambulance service fees, traffic violation fines, and interest revenue.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division is recommending the Board approve a budget transfer based on a mid-year review of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Budget. The recommended budget changes are as follows:
County Service Area No. 3
County Service Area No. 3 (CSA 3) provides ambulance services to South Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe West Shore. CSA 3 ambulance revenues and taxes are deposited into the CSA 3 Ambulance account, which is a non-General Fund account. These funds are utilized to ...
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