Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Emergency Medical Services Commission  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, November 20, 2024  
5:30 PM  
Attend in person at 2982 Kapec Rd. Fitchburg; attend  
virtually via Zoom  
Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.  
Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más  
información.  
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The September 18 EMS Commission meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Members of the public can either  
attend in person or virtually via Zoom.  
The public can attend in person at 2982 Kapec Rd. Fitchburg.  
The public can access the meeting virtually with the Zoom application or by telephone.  
To join the meeting in Zoom, click the following link (after you fill out the form, the meeting link and  
access information will be emailed to you):  
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WWXBcq4tQKe5AcHY4SRyRg  
This link will be active until the end of the meeting.  
To join the meeting by phone, dial-in using one of the following three toll-free phone numbers:  
1-833-548-0276  
1-833-548-0282  
1-888-788-0099  
When prompted, enter the following Webinar ID: 983 8681 4034  
PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO  
REGISTER VIA THE ZOOM LINK ABOVE EVEN IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON.  
In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.  
VIRTUAL: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
MUST REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE (even if you plan to attend using your phone). Virtual  
registrations to provide public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the  
meeting.  
In order to testify (provide public comment) virtually, you must be in attendance at the meeting via Zoom  
or phone, you will then either be unmuted or promoted to a panelist and provided time to speak to the  
body.  
If you want to submit a written comment for this meeting, or send handouts for board members, please  
send them to: dcems@danecounty.gov  
A. Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order at 5:33pm.  
7 -  
Present  
Absent  
ERIC BAUMAN, MEGAN GUSSICK, ADAM PLOTKIN, STEPHANIE LEHMANN,  
GARY ZIEGLER, DON POSTLER, and TIM HILLEBRAND  
2 - MICHELE DOOLAN, and KACEY KRONENFELD  
Guests: Kevin Fosso, Dan Williams, Scott Russell, Chris Hammes, Chris Backes,  
Danny Sefcik, Brandon Ryan, Holly Ellickson, Eric Lang, Charles Tubbs  
Staff: Carrie Meier, Eric Anderson, Kailey Peterson  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
EMS COMMISSION AUGUST 2024 MINUTES  
2024  
MIN-220  
Attachments: August Minutes  
The minutes were approved.  
C. Discussion Items  
CARES Update  
Expansion into Sun Prairie will not go into effect until resolutions are approved. Looking  
at 2nd-3rd week of December for CARES to expand to City of Sun Prairie.  
Budget Update  
DCEMS request for funds to cover entire cost of data system for EMS agencies has  
been approved and budget finalized.  
Cambridge EMS Update  
Update on what the municipalities in that district are deciding on for EMS and Fire  
service: Ryan Bros and Fort Atkinson Fire will be covering Town of Oakland calls.  
Nothing yet on what Village of Cambridge will be doing, but meetings continue.  
Middleton & Waunakee Area EMS Update  
City of Middleton EMS and Waunakee Area EMS commissioned a study with the  
Wisconsin Policy Forum on reducing future costs. Looking at potential merger and  
cost/cost savings that would result from combining or sharing services. It is currently in  
the final stages and the official report should be finalized by mid-December. Once report  
is received, will take back to individual commissions and municipalities. Will hopefully  
have more information for Commission in January.  
Maintenance of Effort Update  
Last state budget included increased shared revenue to counties and municipalities. One  
of the conditions attached is that municipalities can't cut funding to EMS. Municipal  
Clerks will have to submit proof to Department of Revenue.  
Group Purchasing Research  
Have not been able to discuss at an EMS Chiefs meeting to brainstorm areas for support  
yet. Language Line has been implemented for all EMS agencies.  
Proposed EMT Curriculum Changes  
DHS received a lot of feedback during the open comment forum for the proposed  
changes. DHS will go through the information and go forward as they're able. Initially, new  
curriculum was thought to be implemented fall of 2026. There are several next steps that  
still need to happen, so no information is definitive yet. Madison College has laid out  
some sequencing options/ideas for if and when this new curriculum is implemented.  
There has been push back on the increase in hours for EMT basic and is being seen as  
a deterrent to getting more EMTs licensed.  
D. Presentations  
E. Reports to Committee  
Dan Williams went to Seattle to discuss what Dane County has been doing to increase  
cardiac arrest survival. Received a lot of good feedback and potential areas for  
improvement.  
MAS Update  
911 Update  
December meeting will be cancelled; January meeting will be about EMS protocols.  
No update  
No topics  
Annual Survey  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
December 18th at 5:30pm.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 6:08pm  
The meeting was adjourned at 6:18pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Courtney Morency.