Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
A. Need: The Columbus Division of Fire received a grant award from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for hazardous materials training. It is necessary to accept the grant award and appropriate funds.
B. Bid Information: N/A
C. Contract Compliance: N/A
D. Emergency Designation: This is emergency legislation to secure the grant award and enable payment for training materials in a timely manner.
2. FISCAL IMPACT: Although only eighty-percent of the grant request was awarded by PUCO, this amount may be sufficient for the required training due to a new State of Ohio hazardous materials program.
Title
To authorize the Columbus Fire Chief to accept a grant award from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for Hazardous Materials Training for the Division of Fire, to appropriate $1,800.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($1,800.00)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire received a grant award from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for hazardous materials training, and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to accept the grant award and appropriate funds, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety, in that it is necessary to authorize and direct the grant acceptance and appropriation of funds for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare: Now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the Columbus Fire Chief be and he is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award in the amount of $1,800.00 from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for hazardous materials training.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund, and from any and all sources estimated to come into said fund and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, the sum of $1,800.00 is appropriated to the Division of Fire as follows:
Division: 30-04, Fund 220, Object Level 3: 3331, OCA Code 348005,Amount: $1,800.00.
SECTION 3. That the monies in Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Safety; and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.