SIGNED BOARD REPORT"?|E?7?MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MEETING: May 17, 2011 Consent AGENDA NO.: 27
SUBJECT: a. Authorize the Director of Health to sign the Memorandum of Understanding
MOU) for the distribution of County Service Area CSA) 74 funds for first
responder Emergency Medical Services EMS) equipment and training;
b. Approve the distribution of available CSA 74 funds to participating
Agencies per the formula approved by the Emergency Medical Care
Committee EMCC); and,
c. Authorize the Auditor Controller to transfer $166,325 from Designations to
Unreserved Fund Balance. 4/5th vote required)
DEPARTMENT: Health Department Emergency Medical Services Agency
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize Director of Health to sign the Memorandum of Understanding MOU) for the
distribution of County Service Area CSA) 74 funds for first responder Emergency Medical
Services EMS) equipment and training; and,
b. Approve the distribution of available CSA 74 funds to participating Agencies per the
formula approved by the Emergency Medical Care Committee EMCC); and,
c. Authorize the Auditor Controller to transfer $166,325 from Designations to Unreserved
Fund Balance. 4/5ths vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In February 2010, the Auditor Controller's office contracted with Macias Consulting Group to
perform an Operational Audit of the EMS Agency. One of the resulting report's
recommendations was for the EMS Agency to establish with participation from its
stakeholders) a formula-based model for distributing CSA 74 reserve funds for EMS mission
related activities. The model should consider the results of an independent needs assessment for
training, equipment, ambulance services, pre-hospital medical services, and other mission related
activities, and provide greater weight to larger service areas, but establish minimum guaranteed
funding allocations for smaller service areas."
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