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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/16/2002 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2002, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 12 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: July 16, 2002FROM: John F. Fischbach SUBJECT : Second Reading of Ordinance No.091,2002,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Department of Justice State Domestic Preparedness Equipment Program Grant to the Office of Emergency Management in the Amount of$164,172. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The City applied for and received a grant for Terrorism Consequence Management Preparedness Assistance through the Department of Justice's Equipment Grant Program. The equipment will be used throughout the northeast Colorado region. The grant received the full support of Larimer County, Loveland, Union Colony Fire Rescue, Windsor, Wellington, Estes Park, Berthoud, and many others in the Northeast and Eastern Plains of Colorado. The Poudre Fire Authority will provide training to Office of Emergency Management response partners and will develop a multi- tiered response structure. Ordinance No. 091, 2002, was unanimously adopted on June 4, 2002. AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: June 4, 2002 STAFF: John F. Fischbach SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 091, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Department of Justice State Domestic Preparedness Equipment Program Grant to the Office of Emergency Management in the Amount of$164,172. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption o CeOrdi0i PtReadin]f FINANCIAL IMPACT: The grant award will provide $164,172 to acquire personal protective, decontamination, and detection equipment. As the grantee is the City of Fort Collins, the grant proceeds will be appropriated in the City's Ge 4 d. qu ' be aged by the City's Office of Emergency Management whi is co ated t P dr Authority. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In July 2001,the City's Office of Emergency Management filed a grant request to receive Terrorism Consequence Management Preparedness Assistance through the De artment of Justice's Equipment Grant Program. On April 16, 2, a ate i o en Management notified the City that $164,172 of the total gra request 178,5 ) een roved for funding. The proceeds of the grant will be used to ac 're e i ent ' th followin ategories: Personal protective equipment $142,350 Decontamination equipment 9,155 Detection equipment 12,667 The grant application stated the City's and the Poudre Fire Authority's commitment to use a regional approach to response, training and equipment, through the cooperatively managed Office of Emergency Management. This equipment will be used throughout the northeast Colorado region. The grant received the full support of Latimer County, Loveland, Union Colony Fire Rescue, Windsor,Wellington,Estes Park,Berthoud,and many others in the Northeast and Eastern Plains of Colorado. The Poudre Fire Authority will provide training to Office of Emergency Management response partners and will develop a multi-tiered response structure.