24-R-05 Grant Application FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant-GeneratorRESOLUTION NO. 24-R-05
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION TO
FEMA FOR ASSISTANCE TO HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT
PROGRAM TO PURCHASE A GENERATOR.
WHEREAS, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program allows eligible entities to file grants
to fund projects that address hazards, demonstrate the greatest community benefit including high
Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) and verifiable population directly served or benefiting from the
proposed projects; and
WHEREAS, the requesting agency will pay a 25% required grant match based on the
actual cost of the vehicle 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 vehicle purchased
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 generator project.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute and deliver
a grant application with FEMA for the generator described, provided acceptance of the
grant 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provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the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.
Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage,
and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this da o r 24.
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CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
RooGuti z, Mayor
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Sheila Edmondson City Secretary