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DECEMBER 11, 2007
07 -366
RESOLUTION
CARRIED 1-0 LOST
LAID OVER
WITHDRAWN
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PURPOSE:
AUTHORIZE GRANT APPLICATION - FIRE PREVENTION
AND SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM ($8,180.00)
OSHKOSH FIRE DEPARTMENT
INITIATED BY:
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the U.S.
Fire Administration has been authorized by Congress to grant funds to assist fire
departments in fire prevention and safety; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh Fire Department would be able to streamline the
current fire inspection program and increase productivity of the fire inspectors and fire
companies, with equipment and software purchased with this grant; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to provide a monetary match of twenty percent
(20%) for grant approval, which would amount to $8,180.00; and
WHEREAS, the twenty percent (20%) match will be derived from the 2008 operating
budget of the Fire Department;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council for the City of
Oshkosh that City staff is hereby authorized to submit a grant application to the U.S. Fire
Administration in the total amount of $40,896 of which the City will have to match
$8,180.00.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proper City officials are hereby authorized
and directed to execute any and all documents required for purposes of the same, and are
further authorized and directed, if said grant is awarded, to accept such funds, pursuant
to the terms of the grant application.