City Council
MEETING DATE: 9/13/2017
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Acceptance of a Grant Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a Staffing of Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant
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FROM:
Paul S. Wilson, Fire Chief
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council Approve a Resolution to accept a Grant Award of $1,393,193 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The award of the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant provides federal funding for three years, consisting of salaries and benefits, to add six firefighter / paramedics to the fire department.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Cathedral City is one of only two-hundred and forty-six fire departments nationwide and one of only sixteen fire departments in California to be awarded a FEMA SAFER grant in federal fiscal year 2016/17. The grant award provides federal funds to the City of Cathedral City based on a demonstrated need for adequate firefighter staffing.
The grant award pays the six firefighter / paramedic salaries and benefits for three years, on a reimbursement basis. The grant award requires the firefighter / paramedics to be on a fire engine or fire truck no less than fifty percent of the time, which necessitates overtime for staffing.
The grant award requires the City to maintain 40 firefighter positions on-shift (34 existing and 6 new) during the three-year period of performance.
In FY2017/2018 the City will have a 25% share of $194,759. plus overtime of $83,200. for $277,959.
In FY2018/2019 the City will have a 25% share of $267,911. plus overtime of $89,024. for $356,935.
In FY2019/2020 the City will have a 65% share of $664,352. plus overtime of $95,356. for $759,608.
In FY2020/2021 (five months) the City will have a 65% share of $319,570. plus overtime of $42,468. for $362,038.
The City will be responsible for total shares, salary adjustments and overtime costs of $1,756,540 over the three-year period of performance.
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