City of Milwaukee - File #: 050039

• File #: 050039
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/3/2005
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 5/20/2005
• Title: Resolution approving an addendum to the 2004-2005 Emergency Medical Services Agreement for paramedic services with Milwaukee County.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: HEALTH CARE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, MILWAUKEE COUNTY, PARAMEDICS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/1/2005	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/20/2005	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
5/12/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
5/9/2005	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/5/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/5/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/5/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/5/2005		PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
5/3/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
050039
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
030990
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving an addendum to the 2004-2005 Emergency Medical Services Agreement for paramedic services with Milwaukee County.
Analysis
This resolution approves an addendum to the 2004-2005 paramedic service agreement between the City of Milwaukee and County of Milwaukee. The addendum identifies the change in percentage of system revenue for the City of Milwaukee as directed by the Intergovernmental Coordinating Council. Milwaukee County will begin payment of 2005 system revenue and tax levy upon receipt of the signed addendum.

Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee and County of Milwaukee initially entered into a contract for paramedic services on August 25, 1977; and

Whereas, On February 10, 2004, the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 030990, allowing the Milwaukee Fire Department to continue to participate in the countywide paramedic emergency medical system for the 2004-2005 contract period commencing January 1, 2004, and ending December 31, 2005; and

Whereas, The County distributes payments to the City based on a formula developed and adopted by the Intergovernmental Coordinating Council net of billing fees and reductions for administrative expenses; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee anticipates receiving revenues totaling $5,269,311 under the contract agreement, a copy of which is attached to Resolution 030990; and

Whereas, The Intergovernmental Coordinating Council has revised the payment distribution formula to reflect a combination of revenue collected from billable patient fees and the tax levy (county funded); and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee and the County of Milwaukee wish to amend the 2004-2005 contract to reflect the change; and

Whereas, The formula maintains a distribution of tax levy (county funding) at one seventeenth of $3,000,000 and, for 2005 dates of service, changes the share of revenue ...