╨╧рб▒с>■  +-■   *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ье┴M Ё┐═bjbjт=т= )"АWАW┐       lЮЮЮЮЮЮЮъ°°°80 <ъ$ ╢ddddd???гееееее$┌ · d╔Ю?????╔;ЮЮdd█▐;;;?4ЮdЮdг;?г;T;ПЮЮПdX ┴?┘:X╟ъ°s@ППЇ0$ П^ │И^ П;▓ ╥ЮЮЮЮ┘Fulton County Council/Commissioners Joint Meeting January 17, 2007 The Fulton County Board of Commissioners and Council met in Joint Session on January 17, 2007, at 6:05 p.m. E.S.T. The follow members were present: Richard A. Powell, Commissioner President; Roger D. Rose; Mark J. Rodriguez; James Widman, Council President; Earl Gaerte; Gary Sriver; Christopher D. Sailors; Dave Helt; Judy DeVries; and Denise J. Chandler, Auditor. Wellness Program: Roger Rose presented the wellness program designed to promote healthier employees. This in exchange for passing more of the cost of health insurance to the employees. He has spoken with the Wellness Center and Curves. Maximum cost depends upon the number of employees who choose to participate. He said the Wellness Center will waive its one-time fee of $69, leaving the monthly fee of $37.00 or $444 per year. He said this could be available to all employees or limit it to the employees who participate in the county provided health insurance. He said that this would be structured so that if the participant went in for eight monthly workouts, the County would provide 100% of the cost for membership; for five to seven workouts per month, the County would provide 50%; and less than five, the employee would be charged for the membership. Roger said he would like to make this available for all employees with the goal that the County would have healthier employees. EMS: Richard Powell discussed the increased annual cost of EMS. He inquired УAre we doing the best with what we have in regards to EMS?Ф He said the goal is to support the best EMS model for Fulton County. He noted that Blue and Co. analyzed the financial side of the EMS. EMS Consulting provided the working analysis of the EMS. Both came to the conclusion that Fulton County EMS is doing a lot more things right than wrong. They also reported a trend of losing money, mostly due to low reimbursements. He said the Commissioners considered the cost of privatizing EMS with several options. He said one option which was comparable with the way the EMS is currently operated was quoted at $475,000. Rich said that $404,319 was budgeted for 2006, and it came in under budget at $307,767. The Board feels the best option now is to modify the contract with Woodlawn and sign a two-year contract. Some of the issues are resources of funding, overloading of first responders due to lack of volunteerism and response times to outlying areas. He proposed that EMS would no longer pay $800 per month for upkeep of the garage. He also proposed that EMS would only pay EMS personnel only. Animal Shelter: Roger Rose reported that since Dr. McKee relinquished his involvement in the animal shelter for the County, the situation has been in a constant state of flux. The costs have continued to rise. He said that Bev Harter at Hilltop Kennel proposes to hire someone to work through her facility to do the euthanasia exclusively for the County. He said she is now working to gain the necessary permits. The issues regarding the Sheriff Merit Board was tabled to the next joint meeting on February 21, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. Chris Sailors moved to adjourn this joint meeting of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the Fulton County Council at 6:45 p.m. Jim Widman seconded the motion. Motion carried 9-0. FULTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS _____________________________ _____________________________ Richard A. Powell, President Mark J. Rodriguez, Member _____________________________ Roger D. Rose, Vice President FULTON COUNTY COUNCIL _____________________________ ______________________________ James Widman, President Earl Gaerte _____________________________ ______________________________ Christopher D Sailors David J. Helt _____________________________ ______________________________ Gary Sriver Mike Gearhart ______________________________ Judy DeVries ATTEST: __________________________ Denise J. 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