Title
To authorize an appropriation of $44,000.00, from the unappropriated monies in the Hester F. Dysart Paramedic Continuing Education Trust Fund, for the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety, in order to provide funds for continuing education and training materials for medic personnel in the Division of Fire; and to declare an emergency. ($44,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: There is a need to appropriate $44,000.00, from the unappropriated funds in the Hester F. Dysart Paramedic Continuing Education Trust Fund. Ordinance No. 1955-79, passed September 10, 1979, established the Hester F. Dysart Paramedic Continuing Education Trust Fund in order to provide supplemental funds for continuing education of Division of Fire's Emergency Medical Services personnel when funding is not available from other sources. The Training Bureau has identified continuing education courses and training materials for paramedics for which these funds are required.
Bid Information: N/A
Contract Compliance: N/A
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to make funding immediately available for pending training requests.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted Amount: The Dysart Trust Fund monies shall be used for approved training and educational purposes in the ratio of two Dysart Fund dollars to each non-fund dollar. The matching funds required are included in the Division of Fire 2007 General Fund budget.
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WHEREAS, the Division of Fire Training Bureau encourages participation in continuing education courses and seminars by medic personnel as technology advances and new protocols dictate that EMS personnel use the most professional methods available; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Fire can utilize the funds in the Hester F. Dysart Paramedic Continuing Education Trust Fund for this purpose with the matching funds provisions as set forth in Ordinance No. 1955-79; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds for the Division of Fire to make funding available for pending training requests 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 from the unappropriated cash balance and from any and all sources estimated to come into said fund and unappropriated for any other purpose, the following sums are appropriated to the designated codes in the Public Safety Department 30, Fire Division #30-04, Hester F. Dysart Paramedic Continuing Education Trust Fund #230, OCA Code 631408:
· OL1 Code 02, $25,000.00
· OL1 Code 03, $19,000.00
Section 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble herein, which is hereto 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.