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Resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) County Grant #C2013 Letter of Understanding and Agreement from the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners and the State of Florida Department of Health; and amending the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Annual Budget to recognize the grant award as revenue and appropriate such funds to cover the cost of the grant expenditures.
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The Florida Department of Health is authorized by Chapter 401, Part II, Florida Statutes to provide grants to Boards of County Commissioners for the purpose of improving and expanding pre-hospital emergency medical services. Grants are awarded only to Boards of County Commissioners, but may subsequently be distributed to municipalities and other agencies or organizations involved in the provision of EMS pre-hospital care.
Miami-Dade County is responsible for the application and distribution process of the State EMS County Grant. The distribution of grant funds to each participating department is based on the percentage of combined total EMS calls for the calendar year prior to the new grant's fiscal year. The application for the FY 2013-2014 EMS County Grant #C2013 was approved by the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners and the Florida Department of Health-Bureau of EMS. The grant in the amount of two thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars ($2,322) has been approved for the City of Coral Gables' 2013-2014 work plan projects.
In order to qualify for the grant, the City of Coral Gables must approve a Letter of Understanding / Agreement which provides the basis for the disbursement and reporting responsibilities.
A budget amendment to the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Annual Budget to recognize the $2,322 grant award as revenue and appropriate such funds to cover the cost of the grant expenditures.