ORDINANCE NO. 240203
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Sponsor: Fire Chief of the Fire Department
Authorizing the acceptance of a $1,677,279.29 grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, including a City match of $167,727.93, or ten (10%) percent of the Federal contribution bringing the total cost of Federal and Non-federal funding to $1,845,007.22; estimating revenue in the amount of $1,677,279.29 in the General Grants Fund; appropriating $1,677,279.29 to the Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) Program account in the General Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Fire Chief is hereby authorized to accept a grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program in the amount of $1,677,279.29 for the purchase of 2,088 assorted fire attack hose sizes, 510 multiple types of nozzle’s, 82 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) BLS Level, and access to an online training platform to implement NFPA 1962 compliance software for inventory and annual testing records as a part of our ESO Asset Management contract. A copy of the grant award agreement, in substantial form, is on file with the Office of the Fire Chief.
Section. 2. That revenue in the following account of the General Grant Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
24-2580-230001-474630-G2322005656 Federal Grant Revenue $1,677,279.29
Section 3. That the sum of $1,677,279.29 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grant Fund in the following account of the General Grant Fund:
24-2580-235006-C-G2322005656 Assist to Firefighters (AFG) <javascript:doUpdateParent(document.win0,'> $1,677,279.29
Section 4. That the Fire Chief is authorized to expend $167,727.93 already appropriated in Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget Account No. 24-2300-231420-C, to satisfy the City’s match of $167,727.93 per the awarded Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
Section 5. That the Fire Chief is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 24-2580-235006 and is authorized to expend the sum of $1,677,279.29 from fund heretofore appropriated to the account.
Section 6. That this ordinance, appropriating money, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Alan L. Holtkamp
Senior Associate City Attorney