16-R-79 - Fire Fighters Grant applicationA RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHE TZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION TO
FEMA FOR ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT TO FUND FIRE
EQUIPMENT
WHEREAS, the Assistance to Firefighter Grant allows Fire Departments to file grants to
purchase equipment for fire fighter safety and fire operations: and
WHEREAS, the requesting agency will pay a 10% required grant match based on the
actual cost of the equipment received by that agency; and
WHEREAS, the City staff of the City of Schertz (the "City ") has recommended that the
City Council authorize the filing of a grant application with FEMA relating to Wildland Personal
Protective Equipment for Schertz Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
apply to FEMA for a grant to fund this equipment as detailed in Exhibit A.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
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Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute and
deliver a grant application with FEMA for the equipment described on Exhibit A, provided,
acceptance of the grant (if awarded to the City) and funding of the City's share of the cost of the
equipment shall not require further approval by the City Council.
Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
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passage, and it is so resolved.
CITY OF SCPERTZ, TEXAS
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Mayor
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