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6 <br /> Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Public Safetv <br /> • Emergency Services— page 200 <br /> o Total expenditure budget - $11,816,610 <br /> — Total County Costs Increased by $455,091 from FY2019-20 <br /> Budget <br /> o Emergency Management Planner <br /> — Added by Reclassification in FY2019-20 to Assist in COVID <br /> Response <br /> o Recurring Capital - $198,000 <br /> — Ambulance Outfitting, Equipment Replacement <br /> — Approximately the Same as FY2019-20 <br /> 0 911 Software Upgrade - $190,000 <br /> — Mandatory due to VIPER Changes <br /> Public Safetv <br /> • EMS Revenue — Collected by Tax Administration (graph) <br /> Public Safety <br /> • Emergency Services— page 200 <br /> o Community Paramedic Program Performance <br /> o Population Served <br /> — Falls at Home <br /> — Congestive Heart Failure & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary <br /> Disease (COPD/Emphysema) <br /> — Substance Abuse/Overdose Follow-up <br /> o Program Outcomes <br /> — 27 Unique Patients; 39 Total Visits <br /> — Community Paramedic Visits Suspended due to COVID-19 <br /> — Patients with One (1) Initial Encounter Did Not Call 911 Again with <br /> Same Complaint <br /> Public Safetv <br /> • Emergency Services— page 200 <br /> — Emergency Medical Services Performance Measures (graph) <br /> Commissioner Dorosin referred to the two full time community paramedic positions only <br /> doing 39 visits, and said that seemed low to him. <br /> Dinah Jeffries, EMS Director, said she did not hire the positions until mid September, <br /> and one was a re-classification, and one was a new hire. She said they did not start visits until <br /> October/November, and then Covid-19 hit and they were pulled to do duty at the EOC. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he was wondering if this is the best use of these services. <br /> Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Public Safetv <br /> • Emergency Services— page 200 <br /> — Emergency Medical Services Wheels Rolling Time (graph) <br />