Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the City Auditor to transfer funds within the general permanent improvement fund from the unallocated portion to the newly created Human Resources Department equipment project to provide funding to purchase occupational safety management various occupational safety related items for citywide use and distribution. Examples of safety equipment may include: battery acid spill kits, AEDs with wall units and Pedi-pads, safety ladders and hatch/grab bars, and wireless /hands free communication systems.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested as funds are needed immediately to purchase the items noted above to continue and enhance the citywide benefits generated from the occupational safety and health program.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $50,000.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund to provide funding for the purchase of various occupational safety related items for citywide use and distribution. This ordinance also transfers funds within the General Permanent Improvement Budget for this purchase.
Title
To authorize the appropriation and transfer of funds within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation and transfer of funds within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to purchase various occupational safety related items for citywide use and distribution; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Human Resources in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Auditor make this transfer to allow for purchases to be made in a timely manner and for financial transactions to be recorded properly for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now,...
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