For City Council Meeting [February 13, 2024]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: David Carmany, City Manager
AUTHOR: Brian Park, Fire Chief
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Request City Council to (1) Adopt Resolution No. 8184 amending the 2023-2024 fiscal year budget; (2) Accept the fiscal year 2020 and 2021 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) in the amount of $51,839.00; and (3) Authorize the purchase of the grant equipment (radios) pursuant to the grant documents; and (4) Authorize the City Manager to execute all documents.
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BACKGROUND
The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) is the lead agency vested with the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdictions previously held within the Governor's Offices of Homeland Security (OHS) and Emergency Services (OES).
Specifically, Cal EMA is responsible for designing and implementing homeland security initiatives and ensuring the State's readiness is a maximum potential to respond to and recover from the effects of crises. Through these efforts, Cal EMA remains committed to the four mission areas of the HSGP - to prevent, prepare, respond, and recover.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The California Governor's Office of Homeland Security allocates funds through the Officer of Emergency Services. Proposed projects must relate to any of the State's priorities which are as follows:
* Interoperable communications
* Catastrophic Planning
* Medical Surge
* Citizen Preparedness
* Critical infrastructure
* Training/Equipment
* Food and Agriculture Safety
Applications for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 for the fire service were coordinated through the San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services. The City of Rialto Fire Department was awarded funds for fiscal year 2020 in the amount of $29,997 and fiscal year 2021 in the amount of $21,842.
The Fire Department received an extension of those funds through March 5, 2024, at which time the expenditure for the grant equipment is completed or the funds will be required to be ret...
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