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FY 2020 Fire Safer Grant
Department of Fire & Rescue Operations
Deputy Chief John Kaminski (x2647)
(Revised)
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Authorizing the mayor to accept a Fire SAFER Grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency in an amount not to exceed $2,943,840 for the Department of Fire & Rescue Operations; authorizing the deposit, appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds in the Operation Grant Fund; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Toledo Fire and Rescue Department's (TFRD) application for financial assistance submitted under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant has been approved in the amount of $2,943,840. The City of Toledo is NOT required to contribute a cost match. The money has been awarded to TFRD for hiring through the SAFER Program to hire ten (10) firefighters for the March 2021 recruit class. This recruit class, (# 294) is now budgeted for fifty firefighters with forty funded by the General Fund, and ten funded by the SAFER Grant
During the grant period of performance (3 years), TFRD is required to incur no layoffs, fill all SAFER-funded positions and maintain the operational staffing at the level that existed on the date of award.
The fiscal impact of this ordinance is as follows:
- The amount of funds requested: $0
- The expenditure budget line item: N/A
- New revenue generated (operational revenue, grants, if any): $2,943,840
- Revenue budget line item (if any): N/A
- Are funds budgeted in the current fiscal year (yes/no)?: N/A
- Is this a capital project (yes/no)? No
- If yes, is it new or existing (new/existing)? N/A
- What section of the City's Strategic Plan does this support:
o Excellence in Basic Services (yes/no): yes
o Quality Community Investment (Livable City, Development) (yes/no): yes
o Workplace Culture & Customer Service (yes/no): yes
o Environment (yes/no): Yes
Summary
NOW, THERFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of t...
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