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<br /> <br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 8.3 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />General Business October 4, 2021 Mark Dickinson, Fire Chief & Director of <br />Emergency Management <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Accept FEMA Grant, Approve Purchase of Lori Ziemer, Finance Director <br />SCBA’s, and Resolution Authorizing Transfer from <br />Reviewed by <br />Liquor Fund to Capital Reserve Fund <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> Accept, by motion, the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) in the amount of <br />$262,909.09. <br /> Approve, by motion, the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment for <br />the fire department. <br /> Adopt, by motion, a resolution authorizing the transfer from the Liquor Fund to the Capital <br />Reserve Fund to provide grant match funding for the purchase of the SCBAs. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />In the spring of 2020, an AFG application was submitted to FEMA to purchase SCBA equipment for the <br />fire department. We recently received notice that we were awarded the grant of $262.909.09. <br /> <br />The SCBA equipment is over 15 years old and is past its operational life cycle. The fire department has <br />received a quote for the SCBA equipment for $514,303.55 from MacQueen Emergency utilizing cooperative <br />purchasing contract pricing. As of November 1, there will be an 8% increase of about $41,000 to the <br />contract pricing for the SCBA equipment. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />Transfer from the Liquor Fund $251,394.46 to the Capital Reserve Fund for the purchase of SCBA <br />equipment for the fire department. <br /> <br />Mission/Policy/Goal <br />The Elk River Mission. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant <br /> MacQueen Emergency quote <br /> Resolution authorizing a transfer from the Liquor fund to the Capital Reserve Fund <br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br />