8- The Sparta Ambassador-April 2021
From Fort McCoy
Sparta Chamber of Commerce Newsletter Submission April 2021
FORT McCOY Kaleen Holliday
Fort McCoy signs Intergovernmental Service Agreement with Wisconsin’ s Vernon County Garrison Commander Col. Michael Poss and Vernon County Administrator Cari Reddington, signed of an intergovernmental service agreement( IGSA) between the post and Vernon County on March 15 at Fort McCoy. The agreement involves line striping on roadways at Fort McCoy and is estimated to save the installation more than $ 166,000 over the next 10 years. This is the second Intergovernmental Service Agreement signed at the installation in the last two years.
Fort McCoy’ s economic impact exceeds $ 1.479 billion during fiscal year 2020 Fort McCoy’ s total economic impact for fiscal year( FY) 2020 was an estimated $ 1.479 billion, above the $ 1.184 billion reported for FY 2019, garrison officials announced. A total of 2,549 personnel worked at Fort McCoy in FY 2020— 1,476 civilians, 509 military, and 564 contract employees. Approximately 68 percent of the workforce lives within Monroe County.
Fort McCoy supported training for 60,054 troops in FY 2020, which ran from Oct. 1, 2019, to Sept. 30, 2020. The training population included reserve- and activecomponent personnel from throughout the military. And although more than half the fiscal year was affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the cancellation of training for months at Fort McCoy, the installation rallied in the fourth quarter of the year to bring training back.
The Fort McCoy Executive Summary, available on the installation website, www. home. army. mil / mccoy, shows the installation makes continuous improvements to provide a training plethora of training capabilities for service members.
More information can be found in The Real McCoy at https:// home. army. mil / mccoy / index. php / my-fort / all-services / real-mccoy.
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