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Safe Kids Greater Toledo Smoke Detector Fund Donation = $26,800.00
Toledo Fire & Rescue Operations
CFO Ted Sheares (x3515)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept a $26,800 smoke detector purchase grant from Safe Kids Greater Toledo for local community distribution; authorizing the deposit, appropriation, and expenditure of said funds in the Operation Grants Fund; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for the same; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Department of Fire and Rescue has received a grant of $26,800 from Safe Kids Greater Toledo to distribute smoke detectors to the greater Toledo area population via various Toledo Fire and Rescue Department community outreach and public fire safety events. Accordingly, this initiative distributes 2,000 smoke detectors to the local community and demonstrates Safe Kids Greater Toledo’s commitment to protecting the Toledo area populous from the perils of smoke and fire.
Summary
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 Safe Kids Greater Toledo in an amount not to exceed $26,800 into the Operation Grants Fund Account Code 2016-53000-3G00030STDSTD for smoke detector purchases purposed for community distribution.
SECTION 2. That $26,800 is appropriated from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Operational Grants Fund to Account Code 2016-53000-3G00030STDSTD and further authorizing the expenditure of the same for the above-mentioned purpose.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and enter into contracts awarded by way of competitive bidding practices, cooperative, or collaborative procurement programs for the purpose authorized in Section 2, under such terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Director of Fire and Rescue and the Director of Law.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in an amount not to exceed $26,800 in payment of the above authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this initiative donates smoke detectors to hundreds of greater Toledo area homes, which protects many from the perils of smoke and fire and represents a great benefit to the local community.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: July 17, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: July 17, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor