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U.S Department of Homeland Security FEMA AFG Grant Acceptance and Expenditure Request
Toledo Fire & Rescue Department
Tammy Powell (x3515)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit a $1,117,196.29 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA Assistance to Firefighters; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of the same for the purchase of awarded emergency medical and training equipment, related supplies, and services; authorizing the General Fund expenditure of $111,719.63 as a grant matching condition; authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts and amended contracts for said purchases; waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department an Assistance to Firefighters Grant to purchase $1,117,196.29 of emergency medical and training equipment, related supplies, and services. The grant award has a 10% non-Federal fund matching condition, totaling $111,719.63, and a 2-year performance period that expires on October 2, 2027. The grant is on a reimbursement basis for program-awarded purchases, which are primarily sole-source or proprietary supplies that are compatible with Fire’s existing cache.
Accordingly, this Ordinance requests Council to accept the grant, permit the matching condition, and waive the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187. If approved, this grant will provide mission-critical medical and training equipment purposed for emergency services and the preservation of public health and safety.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to accept and deposit a grant from the Department of Homeland Security FEMA Assistance to Firefighters, into the Operations Grants Fund Account Code 2016-53000-3GA5424STDSTD in an amount not to exceed $1,117,196.29 to purchase emergency medical and training equipment, related supplies and services, as awarded by the relative grant.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $1,117,196.29 is authorized from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Operation Grants Fund to Account Code 2016-53000-3GA5424STDSTD, and the expenditure of the same is authorized for the purposes authorized in Section 1.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $111,719.63 as a grant matching condition is authorized from General Fund Account Code 1001-53000-3341002EMSBUR for the purposes authorized in Section 1.
SECTION 4. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into contracts and amended contracts for the above-said purchases, upon such terms and conditions as the Mayor may deem requisite and proper, and shall be subject to approval by the Director of Fire and the Director of Law.
SECTION 5. That this Council finds and determines it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive bid requirements of TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that the grant-awarded equipment is from sole-source providers or is proprietary supplies that are compatible with Fire’s existing cache.
SECTION 6. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw a warrant or warrants against the above account codes in an amount not to exceed $1,228,915.92 in payment of the obligations authorized above upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 7. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this Ordinance permits the timely procurement of grant-awarded medical and training equipment purposed for emergency services and the preservation of public health and safety.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: November 5, 2025, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Vanice S. Williams
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: November 6, 2025
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor