HomeMy WebLinkAbout031286 ORD - 11/07/2017 Ordinance
Authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all documents
necessary to accept a grant in the amount of $314,361 from the US
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency
for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program with a City hard match of
$31,436; and appropriating $314,361 from the US Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency into the No. 1062 Fire
Grants Fund to carry out Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi finds it in the best interest of the citizens of
Corpus Christi to accept grant for the for Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to
enhance the safety of the public and firefighters;
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi shall agree to make available non-federal
funds in an amount equal to and not less than 10 percent of the grant awarded; and
WHEREAS, failure to adhere to the award conditions will cause the City of
Corpus Christi to be considered in default of the grant agreement, and may require the
return of all federal funds disbursed under the grant.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
SECTION 1. The City Manager or designee is authorized accept a grant in the amount
of$314,361 from the US Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program with a City hard
match of$31,436.
SECTION 2. That $314,361 grant is appropriated in the No. 1062 Fire Grants Fund to
carry out Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to enhance the safety of the public
and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards by providing training and
equipment to meet NFPA requirements, which includes general water rescue, flood and
swift water rescue, bay and surf rescue, and boat rescue certifications and providing
hardwired and monitored smoke, fire, and heat detectors, and alarm security to all fire
stations.
031286
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That the foregoing ordinance was r a for the, first time and passed to its second
reading on this the ` �`' day of ,____, 2017, by the following vote:
Joe McComb at Ben Molina 1
Rudy Garza Ci- 1 Lucy Rubio i4
ta.0 Paulette Guajardo ! Greg Smith IA !
Michael Hunter IL.4! Carolyn Vaughn II. I i
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Debbie Lindsey-Opel 1. �1
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That the foregoing ordinance was read'for the second time and passed finally on this
the ` 11\'' day of �-'nca(tb€ ,.2017, by the following vote:
Joe McComb (, i Ben Molina
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Rudy Garza I t Lucy Rubio
Paulette Guajardo —Of— Greg Smith ' ! 1
Michael Hunter t , Carolyn Vaughn li#
Debbie Lindsey-Opel II'
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PASSED AND APPROVED on this the i day ofnVQVar,_2617.
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Huerta Jpe McComb
City Secretary i a or
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required
for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described
below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has
not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation
by the City Council.
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City Council Action Date: -October?, 2017 Legistar Number: 17-1362
Agenda Item:
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to accept a
grant in the amount of $314,361 from the US Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program with a City hard match of$31,436;
and appropriating $314,361 from the US Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency into the No. 1062 Fire Grants Fund to carry out Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program.
Amount Required: $345,797.00
Fund Name Accounting Unit Account No. Activity No. Amount
Fire Grants 1062-093 520090 821256F $314,361.00
Fire Stations 12010-093 530210 N/A $31,436.00
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Total $345,797.00
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❑ Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: OCT 3 1 2017