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Ohio BWC Division of Safety Intervention & Hygiene Grant Acceptance and Expenditure Request
Toledo Fire & Rescue Department
Ted Sheares (x3515)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit a $40,000 grant from the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation Division of Safety Intervention & Hygiene; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of the same for the purchase of three LUCAS 3, Automatic Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Devices, related equipment, and services; authorizing the General Fund expenditure of $19,780.76 for said purchase; authorizing waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; authorizing the Mayor to award contracts for said purchases; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation Division of Safety and Hygiene awarded the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department (TFRD) a grant to purchase (3) LUCAS 3 Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Devices to enhance cardiac arrest patient care. Accordingly, these devices improve care by automating chest compression delivery at a depth, rhythm, rate, and quality proven superior to manual CPR, which also releases a first responder from such interventions to focus on alternate patient care aspects that collectively significantly increase return of spontaneous circulation success rates and patient survivability.
Currently, LUCAS devices are available on Lucas County LifeSquads, which due to limited unit availability compared to TFRD apparatuses, are often last to make patient contact, resulting in delayed device deployment. Whereby this grant and request approval, the devices will be placed on TFRD apparatuses to alleviate related service area deployment delays and enhance critical-care delivery during cardiac arrest events.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. The Mayor is authorized to enter into a grant agreement and accept and deposit a grant from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Division of Safety and Hygiene to the Operations Grants Fund Account Code 2016-53000-3G09002STDSTD in an amount not to exceed $40,000 to purchase (3) LUCAS 3 Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Devices, related equipment, and services.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $40,000 is authorized from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Operation Grants Fund to Account Code 2016-53000-3G09002STDSTD and the expenditure of same is authorized for said items.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $19,780.76 is authorized from the General Fund Account Code 1001-53000-3341002EMSBUR for stated purchase.
SECTION 4. 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 Stryker is the sole-source provider of LUCAS 3 Automatic Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Devices.
SECTION 5. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into contracts necessary to complete the above purchase. Said contracts shall contain such terms and conditions as the Mayor may deem requisite and proper and shall be subject to approval by the Department of Law and the Director of Fire.
SECTION 6. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above account codes in an amount not to exceed $59,780.76 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 is necessary to facilitate Toledo Fire’s Emergency Medical Services to the community by outfitting three fire apparatuses with LUCAS devices as a critical care service area enhancement that improves patient cardiac event survivability.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council