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BOCC AGENDA ITEM
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| Item Title: | Emergency Medical Services Data Collection Grant | | Date: | 4/22/2019 | | Department: | Fire Rescue |
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| | | | | | | | | Background: | Nassau County Fire Rescue (NCFR) applied for and has been awarded the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Collection Grant. The EMS data collection grant provides 100% cost reimbursement to improve, update and bring into State compliance NCFR's ePCR reporting system. NCFR's current software system does not meet the State's requirement for EMSTARS v3.4 reporting. We have chosen Image Trend software for the process to enable us to send reliable data to EMSTARS automatically. $29,467.30 is the reimbursable amount of the EMS Data Collection Grant.
A Budget Amendment is required for acceptance of the grant funds and will be provided in future finance package. | | Request: | | Accept Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Collection Grant funds totaling $29,467.30 to be used for purchase of Image Trend Software; and authorize the County Manager to sign the Request for Reimbursement form. | | Financial/Economic Impact to Future Years Budgeting Process or Effect on Citizens: | Annual fees for Image Trend software maintenance. | | Action Requested and Recommendation: | 1) Staff request that the BOCC acknowledge receipt of the EMS Data Collection Grant for 100% reimbursement of $29,467.30 for Image Trend software.
2) Staff recommend the BOCC authorize the County Manager to sign the Request for Reimbursement form to receive funds from the EMS program. | | Is this action consistent with the Nassau County Comprehensive Land Use Plan? | | NA | | Funding Source: | In Finance Package |
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| Additional Information Needed for Contracts/Agreements (If Applicable) | | | Contract Number assigned by Contracts Management: | N/A | | For non-governmental agencies, has the document been sent to the vendor for signature? | | N/A | | Does the document need to be recorded? If so, who will pay the recordation fee? | N/A | | Are there any special mailing instructions? (Include contact name, address, deadline for submittal, how to mail such as express mail, FedEx, etc): | | Please return to Fire Rescue for distribution. | | How many originals are needed? | | Two (2). |
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