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RE: ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS TO WELD COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home
Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the
affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, John L. Weigand has made a donation of $50 . 00 to
the Weld County Ambulance Service in memory of Toyo Akahoshi ,
and
WHEREAS, Geneva Fuqua has made adonationof of $20 . 00 to the
Weld County Ambulance Service, and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of Weld County to formally
accept all donations via resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Com-
missioners of Weld County, Colorado that the donation of $50 . 00
from John L. Weigand in memory of Toyo Akahoshi and the donation
of $20. 00 from Geneva Fuqua be, and hereby are, accepted and
designated to be used for new radio equipment.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 29th day of
February, A.D. , 1984 .
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
Weld County Clerk and Recorder 'd` 6-r- .---
and Clerk to the Board Norman Carlson, Chairman
CBy-:- " `1 ti� -° EXCUSED
Deputy County Clerk Jacqueline Johnson, Pro-Tem
APPROVED AS TO FORM: EXCUSED
Gene R. Brantner
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County Attorney C uck �Carlso// a
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MEMORAnDum
To Gene Brantner, Commissioner Date February 24, 1984
COLORADO From Jerry Wones
Subject:Donations: Toyo Akahoshi and Geneva Fuqua
We received an additional donation in memory of Toyo
Akahoshi and a donation from Geneva Fuqua in the amounts
of $50.00 and $20.00 respectively. Please ask the
Board to accept these donations and earmark the money
for new radio equipment.
Please send thank you notes to:
John L. Weigand (Toyo Akahoshi)
P.O. Box 156
Ault, CO 80610
Geneva Fuqua
310 37th St.
Evans, CO 80620
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COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Richard D Lamm Frank A.Traylor. M.D.
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Governor 1876 6 Executive Director
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TO: Colorado's EMS Community (ir MAR 1 9 1984
FROM: Stephen M. Kelsey, Director "7` ' ) �_ _-d "jy
Emergency Medical Services Division
SUBJECT: EMS Division Budget Cuts
We have just learned that the Legislature's Joint Budget Committee (JBC) has
recommended a budget for the EMS Division for Fiscal Year 1984-85 (starting
July 1, 1984) which will involve an overall cut of 15 percent from the
Division's already small FY 1983-84 budget. Should this recommended
FY 1984-85 budget be accepted by the Caucuses in the Senate and House of
Representatives over the next few weeks, and thus be adopted by the
Legislature, the EMS Division will be forced to significantly curtail its
activities.
The effects of the budget recommended by the Joint Budget Committee will be
the following:
- The EMS Division's Southern Colorado Field Office, in Pueblo, and
Western Colorado Field Office, in Glenwood Springs, will be closed
after June 30, 1984, due to lack of funds for rent and operating
costs, and the Division will eliminate one professional staff
position. These reductions are due to a 12 percent cut in the EMS
Division's "personal services" budget and corresponding reduction in
allocated staff by one FTE, from 7.3 FTE to 6 .3 FTE, a 73 percent
cut in the Division's operating budget, and a 10 percent cut in the
Division's travel budget.
- The ability of the EMS Division to assist and support local EMS
agencies and training centers, and to meet the needs of individual
EMTs and paramedics, will be seriously hurt by the 73 percent cut
in the Division's "operating" budget, from an estimated FY 1983-84
expenditure level of $12, 750, to $3,402 in FY 1984-85. With only
$3,402 to cover operating expenses in FY 1984-85, the only costs
which can be covered are:
- Maintenance of the EMT/Paramedic computer
registry system $1,100
- Minimum essential in-state long distance
telephone calls 950
- Office supplies, journals, textbooks, etc. 400
- State EMS Advisory Council meetings 952
TOTAL $3,402
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4C,.9‘ o Starting July 1, 1984, the activities which must be cut will include
the following:
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- The EMS Division will NOT make or return in-state long distance
telephone calls, except in cases where the overall needs of the
State EMS program make it essential for the Division to make such
calls. Otherwise, in-state long distance calls to the EMS
Division will need to be repeated until the appropriate person
has been contacted, or collect return calls must be accepted by
the person or agency placing the call. This will be necessary
because the total costs for in-state long distance calls charged
back to the Division are estimated to exceed $1,900 in 1983-84,
and are anticipated to be at least $2,100 in 1984-85 if all the
in-state long distance telephone calls we normally would make or
return were actually made.
- The EMS Division will switch from automated to manual scoring of
EMT and Paramedic written examinations. This will likely mean
frequent delays in test scoring and certification, possibly of
up to six months and perhaps longer, from the present average of
three weeks. This is due to the inherently slower and less
efficient process of manual scoring, and because such scoring
will need to be performed by the Division's small remaining
staff, which will have many other duties beside grading written
examinations. This switch to manual exam scoring will be
necessary because the costs to the Division of paying the
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center to score
examination answer sheets, using their optical scanning data
system, will cost about $1,800 in 1983-84, and is estimated to
cost about $2,100 in 1984-85.
- The EMS Division will no longer loan out training equipment
(e.g. , Resusci-Annies) since the Division will not be able to
maintain its limited stock of equipment. Equipment maintenance
and repair, and related expendable materials, are estimated to
cost between $1,300 and $1,500 per year. In addition, the
Division will not be able to assure updates to its collection of
films, slides and other educational materials intended for use by
training programs.
- The EMS Division may be forced to eliminate EMT-Intermediate
practical examinations, thus in effect halting EMT-I
certification, because of inability to pay the costs of such
exams. Each EMT-I practical exam costs a minimum of $400 (with a
lot of borrowed equipment and supplies, and a great deal of
totally volunteer help) . The Division had anticipated conducting
four practical exams in 1984-85 , for an estimated overall cost of
at least $1,600. At this point, the Division will not be able to
pay for any EMT-I practical exams, which means no such exams can
be conducted unless alternative ways of paying for them are found.
We very much regret having to inform you of this unfortunate situation.
However, the reductions in service which would be required by the JBC's
recommended EMS Division budget for 1984-85 are so severe that we believe it
essential to give everyone as much forewarning as possible. We will, of
course, do our best to function under such an obviously inadequate budget,
but we believe it important for the Colorado EMS community to be prepared
for major reductions in our performance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us (320-8476) .
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