File #: O-516-22    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 9/20/2022 In control: Fire and Rescue Department
On agenda: 10/11/2022 Final action: 10/11/2022
Title: Authorizing the mayor to enter into a grant agreement for the acceptance and deposit of $73,500 of FEMA grant funds into the Capital Improvement Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of the same; authorizing the expenditure of $24,500 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the purchase of Mask Mounted Sonar and related equipment for the Fire Dive Team; waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; authorizing the Mayor to award contracts for said purchases; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Audio: City Council 10/11/2022, 2. Audio: Agenda Review 10/4/2022
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Mask Mounted Sonar FEMA Grant
Toledo Fire and Rescue Department
EFA Ted Sheares (x3515) & Assistant Chief John Kaminski (x2647)
Revised

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Authorizing the mayor to enter into a grant agreement for the acceptance and deposit of $73,500 of FEMA grant funds into the Capital Improvement Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of the same; authorizing the expenditure of $24,500 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the purchase of Mask Mounted Sonar and related equipment for the Fire Dive Team; 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 Toledo Fire and Rescue Department's (TFRD) application for financial assistance submitted under the Fiscal Year 2022 Port Security Grant Program has been approved in the amount of $98,000. These funds will purchase a Mask Mounted Sonar device that will become a valuable life-saving asset to both local and regional citizenry in the search and rescue of submerged victims

As a condition of this award, the City of Toledo is required to contribute a 25% cost match in the estimated amount of $24,500 of non-Federal funds. This Ordinance requests appropriation of those funds now in order to timely begin procurement of the Mask Mounted Sonar. The Federal share is $73,500 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Summary
NOW, THERFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

SECTION 1. The Mayor is authorized to enter into agreements with and to accept and deposit a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) into Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 540G-53000-3G04534STDSTD in an amount not to exceed $73,500 to purchase Mask Mounted Sonar and related equipment for the Fire and Rescue Dive Team.

SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $73,500 is authorized from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Capital Improvement Fund...

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