Explanation
NEED: The Division of Fire was awarded a Safety Intervention Grant by the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC) to purchase medical equipment and supplies designed to reduce injuries associated with the performance of fire and EMS duties. With the Safety Intervention program, private and public employers are eligible for a 2-to-1 matching grant, up to a maximum of $40,000. The Fire Division's award was for $26,689.79 to purchase the following times: Universal Footrest for Backboards and Patient Transporter Extension, Soft Medic Packs and Carry Straps for lifting and pivoting patients. City of Columbus matching funds of $13,344.90 will be expended from the Fire Division's medical supplies budget.
This ordinance is to authorize the Director of Public Safety to accept the Fire Safety Intervention Grant from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation and to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate the total of the grant and matching funds of $40,034.69 in the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Funds.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency legislation is needed to process the acceptance documents in a timely manner for the grant, and to expedite making the awarded funds available for approved grant purchases.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the acceptance of a grant by the Director of Public Safety and the appropriation by the City Auditor of $40,034.69 within the Safety Grant Fund. The matching funds of $13,344.90 will be provided from the Division of Fire's medical supplies budget.
Title
To authorize the Public Safety Director to accept a Fire Safety Intervention Grant award from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation for the purchase of various medical equipment and supplies; to authorize an appropriation of $40,034.69 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Fire; and to declare an emergency. ($40,034.69)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Fire was awarded grant funding from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation for the purchase of fire medical equipment and supplies; and
WHEREAS, the funds need accepted by the Director of Public Safety and appropriated by the City Auditor in order to make the required purchases; and
WHEREAS, emergency legislation is needed to process the grant acceptance documents in a timely manner and to expedite making the awarded funds available for approved equipment and supplies purchases; 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 accept and appropriate the Fire Safety Grant and expend funds before grant expiration date for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Columbus Director of Public Safety be and is hereby authorized and directed to accept grant funds on behalf of the Division of Fire from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the project periods, the sum of $40,034.69 is appropriated as follows:
DEPT/DIV FUND OBL LEVEL ONE 01 OBJ LEVEL ONE 03 OCACD GRANT AMOUNT
30-04 220 02 2207 341005 341005 $40,034.69
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing 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 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 its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.