Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
A. Need: The Columbus Division of Fire received a grant award from the Ohio Division of EMS to purchase training and patient care equipment. It is necessary to accept the grant and appropriate the funds.
B. Bid Information: N/A
C. Contract Compliance: N/A
D. Emergency Designation: We are currently in the grant cycle and would like to begin purchases.
2. FISCAL IMPACT: This is a 100% grant and there is no matching requirement from the General Fund.
Title
To authorize the Columbus Fire Chief to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio Division of EMS for the purchase of training and patient care equipment for the Division of Fire, to appropriate $1,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($1,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Fire Chief to accept a grant award for the Division of Fire for training and patient care 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 necessary to authorize and direct the grant acceptance and appropriation of funds for the grant to begin purchases at the earliest possible date 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 he is hereby authorized to accept a grant award in the amount of $1,000.00 from the State of Ohio Division of EMS for the Division of Fire training and patient care equipment.
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, 2005, the ...
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