Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Columbus Fire Chief to accept a grant award of $2,500.00 from State Farm Insurance under it's Good Neighbor Citizenship (GNC) grant program. The funds will be used to purchase smoke detectors for the Fire Division smoke detector distribution program.
This ordinance also authorizes the Columbus Fire Chief to accept a grant award of $1,000 from Fire Team USA to conduct a sprinkler workshop in the Columbus area. The Fire Team USA workshop focuses on the effectiveness of sprinklers in controlling fire in the early and survivable stage of fire development. These funds will purchase materials and supplies needed for the workshop.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the Fire chief to accept two grants and the City Auditor to appropriate a total of $3,500 in the Special Revenue Fund for the purchase of smoke detectors for distribution by Columbus Fire Fighters and the purchase of materials to conduct a sprinkler workshop in Columbus. There are no required city matches for these grants.
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION: The Fire Division needs to replenish its stock of smoke detectors and use the funds before the grant expiration dates.
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To authorize the Columbus Fire Chief to accept grant awards from State Farm Insurance and Fire Team USA for the purchase of smoke detectors for the Fire Division distribution program and the purchase of materials and supplies to conduct a sprinkler workshop, to appropriate $3,500.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Special Revenue Private Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($3,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire received a grant award of $2,500 from State Farm Insurance for the purchase of smoke detectors for the smoke detector distribution program, and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire also received a grant award of $1,000 from Fire Team USA to conduct a workshop that will demonstrate the effectiveness of using spri...
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