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R13-002 II 1 RESOLUTION NO. R13 -002 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE 4 ; CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING A 5 FEMA SAFER GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 6 $967,281 FOR GRANT #EMW- 2012 -FH -00363 FOR THE 7 HIRING OF 7 PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTERS FOR A 8 PERIOD OF TWO YEARS; AND PROVIDING AN 9 EFFECTIVE DATE. 10 11 12 WHEREAS, the City of Boynton Beach Fire Department applied for and has been 13 awarded a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the 14 Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA); and 15 WHEREAS, the grant award is in the amount of $967,281 with no required City 16 matching funds; and 17 WHEREAS, the Fire Rescue Department is requesting authorization to spend the 18 entire project budget to hire 7 probationary firefighters which will reinstate the 7 firefighter 19 positions eliminated during fiscal years 2010/11 and 2011/12 budget cuts; and 20 WHEREAS, upon recommendation of staff, the City Commission deems it in the 21 best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Boynton Beach to accept the FEMA 22 SAFER grant in the amount of $967,281 and allow the Fire Rescue Department to hire 7 23 probationary firefighters for a period of two years. 24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF 25 THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT: 26 27 Section 1. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as 28 being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution upon adoption 29 hereof. 30 Section 2. The City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach hereby accepts the \ \apps3 \autoA Data \ 166 \Items\ 158 \2250 \2891 \Reso_ - _Accept_FEMA_SAFER_Grant doc 11 1 ; FEMA SAFER Grant in the amount of $967,281 and authorizes the Fire Rescue Department 2 to expend the entire program amount of $967,281 for the hiring of 7 probationary firefighters 3 for a period of two years, a copy of the Agreement Articles is attached hereto as Exhibit "A." 4 Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage. 5 6 PASSED AND ADOPTED this /.''day of January, 2013. 7 8 9 CITY OF It OYNTON BEACH, FL i RIDA 10 11 deli —%-►, !' air 12 Mayor — • e ;s u . . H. ,. 14 15 Vice Mayor — Mack ray 16 .. 17 ,_ 4 ' 18 1or"nm'. ' Ta r 19 yr 20 111PrAn�� 21 Commissio -r — teven olzman 22 23 24 Comm', oner — Wa ii Segal 25 ATTEST: 26 27 28 . • 29 .�!.it. < < _ 30 Jan: M. Prainito, MMC 31 y Clerk 32 f . 33 34 s.rt y eal) 35 1. u v n�fs 4,1'; U �=�3 \ \apps3\ auto \Data\I66\ Items\ 158\ 225012891 \Reso_ - _Accept_ FEMA_SAFFR_Grant doc