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Authorizing the Fire Department to apply for the 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) in the amount of $2,000,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide paramedic training, firefighter equipment, power load cots, and training for firefighters.
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WHEREAS, the Fire Department would like to apply for the 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to provide paramedic training, firefighter equipment, power load cots, and training for firefighters; and
WHEREAS, the grant amount would be $2,000,000 of which the federal government would provide $1,818,181.82 to support the grant; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a 10% match of $181,818.18 which would be paid from the fire department's budget over the two years of the grant period of performance; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the Fire Department to apply for the 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant.