Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, requests approval to purchase a light duty truck or sport utility vehicle for use with the City’s Rapid Response Emergency Addiction Crisis Team (RREACT). RREACT is an innovative outreach service operated by the Division of Fire to actively address the opioid crisis. RREACT outreach includes firefighters/paramedics, Crisis Intervention Team certified peace officers, a substance use case manager, a registered SUD nurse, a family case manager, and a trauma specialist. Team members assess immediate health needs, provide resource referrals, and create opportunities for users and family/household members to link with harm reduction supplies, treatment programs, trauma services, and social benefit supports.
This legislation authorizes the City Auditor to appropriate existing funds within Grant Project G342000, and authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate General Budget Reservation(s) resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate universal term contract(s) purchase agreement(s) with George Byers Sons Inc. (vendor 006008 / purchase agreement PA004948), on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, for the purchase of a light duty truck or sport utility vehicle to be used in the aforementioned operations.
EMERGENCY ACTION: This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so this purchase may commence prior to automotive manufacturer order cutoff dates.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $53,182.00 from the General Government Grants Fund, Project G342000 United States Centers for Disease Control Overdose Data to Action; sufficient cash exists within this grant project to fund this authorized purchase.
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To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $53,182.00 within the General Government Grants Fund Project; to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate General Budget Reservation(s) r...
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