Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Division of Fire received a grant award from the Ohio Division of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for EMS training and for the purchase of emergency medical equipment. This legislation accepts the grant and appropriates the funds. This grant allows for the purchase of EMS training equipment used by the Fire Division for paramedic training; including airway training, AED and EKG diagnostics, immobilization and extrication equipment, and mass casualty training equipment. The Fire Division intends to purchase CPR manikins during this grant cycle, as manikins are a staple of paramedic training in the Fire Division. The Division has received this grant each of the past 10 years for similar equipment.
Bid Information: N/A
Contract Compliance: N/A
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested so that the purchases of equipment may be made within the grant cycle.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the Division of Fire to accept a grant award and procure equipment and training. This is a 100 percent grant award. There is no matching requirement from the General Fund.
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To authorize the Columbus Fire Chief to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio Division of EMS for the purchase of EMS training equipment for the Division of Fire, to appropriate $3,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest for the Fire Chief to accept a grant award for the Division of Fire for the purchase of EMS training equipment from the State of Ohio Division of EMS; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate funds for said grant; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize and direct the acceptance and appropriation of funds for the grant 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 Fire Chief be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant award in the amount of $3,000.00 from the State of Ohio Division of EMS for the Columbus Division of Fire.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund, Fund No. 220, 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, 2009, the sum of $3,000.00 is appropriated to the Division of Fire as follows:
Division 30-04, Fund 220, Object Level 1, 02, OCA Code 349012, Amount $3,000.00.
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.