Title
Authorizing the Fire Department to pay for all costs associated with hazardous materials team training, exercises or unplanned response deployments in 2026.
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WHEREAS, the proper City officials are hereby authorized to remit payment for Fire Department hazardous materials team training, exercises or unplanned response deployments not to exceed $2,000; and
WHEREAS, this will pay for all costs incurred by the Fire Department to provide food, beverages, and miscellaneous supplies for training or response deployments for the hazardous materials response team; and
WHEREAS, the trainings, exercises and deployments are hours-long or day-long events which span over mealtimes, and to allow staff to effectively complete the work, it is necessary to provide meals to staff and trainers; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department received funding from the State of Minnesota for the hazardous materials response team to pay for these expenses; and
WHEREAS, the cost of these expenses will be paid from the Fire Department AU 20022815; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the expenditure of money for these costs for the Fire Department hazardous materials response team for training and response deployments serves a public purpose; and now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby authorizes the expenditure of funds not to exceed $2,000 for the Fire Department hazardous materials response team.