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Authorizing the Fire Department to pay for all travel expenses for the Minnesota State Patrol employees Craig Benz and James Englin to attend the 2019 Heli-Expo and APSA Rescue Summit being held in Atlanta, GA on March 4-6, 2019.
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WHEREAS, the Fire Department received $250,000 from the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education to purchase equipment and provide training for the Minnesota Aviation Rescue Tea (MART) and the council resolution PH 18-279 was approved on September 19, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Heli-Expo and APSA Rescue Summit will be held in Atlanta, GA on March 4-6, 2019 and three Saint Paul Fire Department employees will be attending along with the Minnesota State Patrol employees Craig Benz, and James Englin, with the estimated travel expenses not to exceed $4,000; and
WHEREAS Craig Benz and James Englin are members of the MART team and the training money is available to be used for their expenses of attending the Summit; 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 the conference 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 Craig Benz and James Englin to attend this training and be paid from the money available through the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education.