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10 <br /> <br />• Emergency Services – page 246 1 <br />• Total expenditure budget - $11,380,019 2 <br />– Total County Costs Increased by $637,534 from FY2018-19 3 <br />Budget 4 <br />– Program Budget – Division Breakdown for Increased Visibility 5 <br />– EMS Revenue Budgeted to Recognize Reduction of Delinquent 6 <br />Bill Backlog 7 <br />• Recurring Capital - $194,890 8 <br />– Ambulance Outfitting, Equipment Replacement 9 <br />– Increase from FY2018-19 Recurring Capital of $104,816 10 <br />• Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan 11 <br />– Streamline Local Response Process Across Jurisdictions 12 <br />– Involve All Stakeholders in Emergency Management Response 13 <br />– Costs Shared with Municipalities 14 <br />• EMS Revenue – Collected by Tax Administration - graph 15 <br /> 16 <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked if, given that every year the actual revenue exceeds the 17 <br />budget, there is a reason to not increase the budgeted amount. 18 <br />Travis Myren said, upon review, he notified Dwane Brinson (Tax Administrator) that staff 19 <br />would add another $200,000 in additional revenue for this. 20 <br />Commissioner Price said the recommendation for Operations is about $140,000 less, 21 <br />and asked if there is a reason for this. 22 <br />Travis Myren said he does not recall the reason for the decrease in operations, but 23 <br />believes it to be based on the department’s requests, as opposed to budget cuts. 24 <br />Commissioner Price said there seems to be more calls and more activity, yet the budget 25 <br />is lower. 26 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said it was not cut, but is based on departmental requests. 27 <br />Dinah Jeffries, Emergency Services Director, said the department prioritized needs, and 28 <br />there were choices for equipment for the EMS division. She said staff stayed focus on needs 29 <br />and not wants. 30 <br />Commissioner Price said she just wants to make sure the departments have what they 31 <br />need, especially as natural disasters seem to be on the rise. 32 <br />Dinah Jeffries said she would love to have everything they ask for, but her staff tries to 33 <br />focus on the priorities for service to the community. 34 <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 35 <br /> 36 <br />• Emergency Services 37 <br />• Community Paramedic - $55,204 38 <br />– 1.0 FTE Starting July 1, 2019 39 <br />– Included in the FY2018-19 Budget Contingent on Revenue 40 <br />– FY2019-20 Budget Lifts the Revenue Contingency 41 <br />• Population Served 42 <br />– Falls at Home 43 <br />– Congestive Heart Failure & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary 44 <br />Disease (COPD/Emphysema) 45 <br />– Substance Abuse/Overdose Follow-up 46 <br />• Program Outcomes 47 <br />– Reduce Falls 48 <br />– Decrease 911 Calls and Emergency Dispatch for Falls 49 <br />– Reduce Transports to the Emergency Room for Falls 50