Title
To authorize an appropriation of $50,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the EMS & Fire Entrepreneurial Training Fund to provide funds for the purchase of goods and/or services for the Division of Fire's Emergency Medical Services and Training Bureau; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND: There is a need in the Fire Division to authorize the appropriation of $50,000.00 from the unappropriated cash balance within the EMS & Fire Entrepreneurial Training Fund. This fund was established for the deposit of revenues generated from training activities and for the expenditure of said revenues for the purchase of goods and/or services for the Fire Division's Emergency Medical Services and Training Bureaus as authorized in Ordinance 1863-01, passed November 19, 2001.
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: This ordinance authorizes an appropriation of $50,0000 in the EMS & Fire Entrepreneurial Training Fund. Approximately $50,000 is currently available in the fund for appropriation. Approximately $13,000.00 was encumbered/expended in 2009, and $24,000 was authorized and expended in 2008 training supplies and services.
Body
WHEREAS, the Fire Division's Training Bureau, as authorized by Ordinance No. 1863-01, passed November 19, 2001, generates revenues through EMS and fire fighting related training activities, which are deposited and expended via the Division's EMS & Fire Entrepreneurial Training Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Division's Training Bureau needs to appropriate funds within the EMS & Fire Entrepreneurial Training Fund to purchase goods and/or services for training related activities; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Safety Department, Fire Division, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate fund...
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