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Authorizing the Fire Department to pay for all travel expenses for four Minnesota State Patrol employees that attended the Priority One training in Mesa, AZ on February 2-8, 2025 or March 9-15, 2025.
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WHEREAS, the Fire Department received $350,000 from the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education to purchase equipment and provide training for the Minnesota Aviation Rescue Team (MART) and the council resolution PH 24-276 was approved on November 13, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the MART money will be used to pay for these travel expenses; and
WHEREAS, the Priority One training was held in Mesa, AZ in two separate training sessions on February 2-8, 2025 and March 9-15, 2025 and 19 Saint Paul Fire Department employees also attended along with the four Minnesota State Patrol employees, with the estimated travel expenses not to exceed $15,000; and
WHEREAS, the four Minnesota State Patrol employees are members of the team and training money is available to be used for the expenses of attending the Priority One training; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that supporting and strengthening the working relationship between the Saint Paul Fire Department MART team members and the Minnesota State Patrol while attending this training to learn about the latest in helicopter rescue operations is a valid public purpose, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the travel expenses for the Minnesota State Patrol employees that attended the training and it will be paid from the money available through the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education funding.