auExplanation
BACKGROUND An agreement between the Public Safety Department and IAFF Local 67 resulted in the establishment of the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund in December 2003. The agreement calls for the yearly deposit of seven percent of savings from the prior year's purchase of fire uniforms compared to the benchmark amount of $850,000.00 into this fund. There is now a need to transfer $31,399.00 from the Fire Division's general fund operating budget to the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund to provide funding for travel for the Fire Division's Honor Guard, Pipe and Drum, CISM members, technical committees, etc.
Bid Information: N/A
Contract Compliance: N/A
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to make these monies available for immediate use to fund pending requests in terms of the aforementioned agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is sufficient appropriation within the Fire Division's 2023 general fund operating budget to accommodate this transfer of funds. Furthermore, Fire's 2023 budget will be reduced by the amount of this transfer. In 2021, $16,108.00 was transferred for this purpose; in 2020, $11,897.00 was transferred, and in 2019, the amount of the transfer was $7,154.56.
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To authorize a transfer within the general fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $31,399.00 from the Fire Division's general fund operating budget to the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($31,399.00)
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WHEREAS, there is a need to transfer $31,399.00 from the Fire Division's operating budget to the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund to provide funding for travel and appropriate unencumbered cash for immediate use; 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 transfer and appropriate funds for the aforementioned purpose for the preservation of the public health, peace,...
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