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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
RE:
STEVE FITZGIBBONS, CITY MANAGE~
STEPHEN L. CURRAN, FIRE CHIEF
PROPOSED RESOLUTION 12174
DATE: APRIL 24, 2003
COMMENT
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend the City Council authorize the City Manager and the Fire Chief to accept
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fiscal year 2002 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant for nine (9) Heart Monitors for a cost of $108,040, with the federal
share being $75,628 (70%) and the City cost being $32,412 (30%).
BACKGROUND
City Council approved Resolution 02-78 on March 19, 2002 which authorized the City
Manager and the Fire Chief to make application to FEMA under the Assistance to
Firefighters Grant Program in an amount up to $750,000. The Fire Department applied
for Heart Monitors ($108,040} to replace the existing automatic external defibrillators
(AED's) with the new biphasic waveform technology (pulsating AED's). In addition, the
heart monitors allow paramedics to read heart monitor strips and manually defibrillate.
SUMMARY
We recommend the City Council authorize the City Manager and the Fire Chief to accept
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fiscal year 2002 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant for nine (9) Heart Monitors for a cost of $108,040, with the federal
share being $75,628 (70%) and the City cost being $32,412 (30%).
"REMEMBER, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE TI, W~ CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR"
P. R. NO. 12174
JJA: 4/24/03
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) FISCAL
YEAR 02 ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT FOR
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF
$75,628 AND AUTHORIZING MATCHING FUNDS IN THE
AMOUNT OF $32,412
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Resolution 02-78 on March 19, 2002 which authorized the
City Manager arid the Fire Chief to make application to FEMA under Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program in an amount up to $750,000; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Chief has received notification from FEMA that the application has been
approved; and
WHEREAS, the approved project will cost a total of $108,040, with the federal share being
$75,628 (70%) and the City cost being $32,412 (30%); and
WHEREAS, the project will provide funding for nine (9) heart monitors to replace and upgrade
existing equipment;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ARTHUR:
THAT, the City Council authorizes the acceptance of the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters
Emergency Medical Services Grant in the amount of $75,628, with the City funding $32,412.
THAT, the City Attorney shall review and approve the Grant Articles before the funds are received.
THAT, a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the City Council of
the City of Port Arthur.
READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED, this day of April, 2003, AD, at a Regular Meeting
of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor:
Councilmembers:
NOES:
ATTEST:
Mayor
Evangeline Green, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark Sokolow, City Attomey
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Steve Fitzgibbons, City Manager
Steve C~tra~, F~ Chief
APPROVED FOR AVAILIBILITY OF FUNDS:
eb~ecca (R. ~]nderhill- Director of Finance