Title
Resolution to Accept from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of Emergency Medical Services and Appropriate to the Division of Fire & Rescue 2018 "Four-for-Life Aid to Localities Funds" in the Amount of $113,929.92
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
Code of Virginia § 46.2-694(A)(13) requires that an additional fee of $4.25 per year be charged and collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles at the time of registration of each pickup or panel truck and each motor vehicle, as further described by described by statute. Four dollars ($4.00) of that fee is paid into the state treasury and is set aside in a special fund to used only for emergency medical purposes. Those funds are commonly referred to as the "Four-for-Life Aid to Localities Funds." The Comptroller is required to return 26% of the registration fees collected to the locality wherein such vehicle is registered to provide funding for training of volunteer or salaried emergency medical service personnel of licensed, nonprofit emergency medical services agencies; or for the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies for licensed, nonprofit emergency medical service agencies. That statute further prescribes that such funds shall be in addition to any local appropriations and local governing bodies shall not use these funds to supplant local funds.
Discussion:
Four-for-Life Aid to Localities Funds are used to fund training of volunteer or career emergency medical service (EMS) personnel of licensed nonprofit emergency medical services agencies and for the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies for use in such locality by licensed nonprofit emergency medical services agencies. The benefit to the community is that EMS training is paid from these funds so the Division of Fire & Rescue does not have to ask the City for training funds therefore leaving funds in the City’s budget for other projects that will benefit the citizens of Hampton. The training that EMS personnel partake in makes ...
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