Ordinance 16-46 Department of Homeland Security SAFER Grant to Fund Assistant Fire Chief Position for Two Years

CITY OF HOMER
                                                                                HOMER, ALASKA
                                                                                                                                                                City Manager

                                                                              ORDINANCE 16-46

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FY2015 STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER) GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $248,421.00 TO FUND THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF POSITION FOR TWO YEARS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS.

WHEREAS, The City has applied for a Department of Homeland Security FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant for the Homer Volunteer Fire Department; and

WHEREAS, The purpose of the SAFER Program is to protect the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards; and

WHEREAS, Due to budget constraints the City has been unable to fund an assistant fire chief position for many years; it is a position that has a dramatic impact on the fire department, the volunteers, and the department’s responsiveness and readiness; and

WHEREAS, The City is pleased to have been awarded the SAFER grant in the amount of $248,421.00 that will fund the Assistant Fire Chief position for a two-year period.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1. The Homer City Council hereby accepts and appropriates a Department of Homeland Security FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant in the amount of $248,421.00 that will fund the Assistant Fire Chief position for a two-year period as follows:

Revenue:

Account                            Description                                                                                 Amount

                                             Department of Homeland Security FY2015

SAFER Grant                                                                               $248,421.00

Expenditure:

Account                            Description                                                                                 Amount

                                             Assistant Fire Chief Wages and Benefits                        $248,421.00

Section 2.  The City Manager is authorized to execute the appropriate documents.

               Section 3. This is a budget amendment ordinance, is temporary in nature, and shall not be codified.

ENACTED BY THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL this _____ day of September, 2016.

CITY OF HOMER

                                                                                                         _______________________________

                                                                                                         MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

___________________________

JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

 AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Hearing:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Reviewed and approved as to form:

                                                                                                                        ______________________________

Mary K. Koester, City Manager                                                          Holly C. Wells, City Attorney

Date: _________________________                                              Date: _________________________