Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of the Department of Human Resources to accept a grant in the amount of $7,500.00 from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for a Cres Guard Mobile Decontamination Moist Heat Cabinet.
The Department of Human Resources submitted an application for the FireFighter Exposure to Environment Elements Grants (FEEEG). The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation approved the Department of Human Resources grant application in the amount of $7,500.00 for a Cres Guard Mobile Decontamination Moist Heat Cabinet. The department must purchase and implement the approved intervention equipment within 120 days after the grant check or EFT is received. The department must submit proof of spending and purchase documentation for the approved equipment within 120 days after the grant check or EFT is received. The department must complete the required case study within one (1) year after the equipment is placed into service.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This ordinance will authorize the appropriation of $7,500.00 to Fund 2220 (General Government Grants Fund). This ordinance will also authorize a 5-to-1 match grant match of $1,500.00 from Fund 1000 (General Fund), Subfund 100010 (General Operating Fund).
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for a Cres Guard Mobile Decontamination Moist Heat Cabinet so it can be placed into service as immediately.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Human Resources to enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio BWC and accept a grant in the amount of $7,500.00 for a Cres Guard Mobile Decontamination Moist Heat Cabinet; to authorize the appropriation of $7,500.00 in the General Government Grants Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $7,500.00 from the General Government Grants Fund and $1,500.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($9,000.0...
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