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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