HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2020-187RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 187
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ACCEPTING THE
FISCAL YEAR 2019 STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
(SAFER) HIRING GRANT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REIMBURSABLE GRANTS
CITY-WIDE FUND APPROPRIATIONS AND CORRESPONDING REVENUE BUDGET IN THE
AMOUNT TOTALING $1,518,729 FOR HIRING FIVE FIREFIGHTERS FOR
THE NEXT THREE YEARS
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year ("FY") 2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency
Response ("SAFER") grant program is one of three (3) grant programs that comprise the
Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), Federal Emergency Management Agency's ("FEMA")
focus on enhancing the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire -related
hazards; and
WHEREAS, the SAFER program accomplishes this by providing funding directly to fire
departments to assist in increasing the number of firefighters to help communities meet industry
minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate protection from fire and fire -
related hazards, and to fulfill traditional missions of fire departments; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2020, the City of National City ("City") received notice of an
award totaling $1,518,729 for hiring five (5) firefighters for the next three (3) years; and
WHEREAS, this grant program requires the City to accept the award within thirty (30) days
from the date of award notification; and
WHEREAS, the City would then be required to fill the awarded SAFER positions within a
180-day period after the date of award known as the "Recruitment Period"; and
WHEREAS, the grant award's period of performance ("POP") starts after the Recruitment
Period ends and lasts for a total of three (3) years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City
does hereby accept the Fiscal Year 2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
("SAFER") Hiring grant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City does hereby
authorize the establishment of Reimbursable Grants City -Wide Fund appropriations and
corresponding revenue budget in the amount totaling $1,518,729 for hiring five firefighters for the
next three years.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 2020.
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Alejandra Sotelo Solis, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michael R. Dalla, Citj/ Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Angi or is -Jones, City
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on October
6, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City rk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-187 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the Council of said City on October 6, 2020.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy