CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 16, 2015
PREPARED BY: Dwight Good, Fire Marshal
APPROVED BY: City Manager
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APPROVE AMENDMENT TO MOU WITH SOUTH SANTA CLARA COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT FOR FEMA GRANT AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE FOR TWO SCBA FILL STATIONS
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt resolution approving the following actions:
1. Approve an Amendment to the MOU with the South Santa Clara County Fire District for FEMA Grant # EMW-2014-FR-0084 (Telecommunications and Other Equipment); and
2. Determine Competitive Bids Would Not Be Likely to Result in a Lower Price to the City under Morgan Hill Municipal Code Section 3.04.180 and authorize the City Manager to purchase two SCBA fill stations from LN Curtis for $95,913.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing public safety
Maintaining fiscal responsibility
REPORT NARRATIVE:
In December 2014, the City and the South Santa Clara County Fire Protection District ("District") applied for a regional grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") Assistance to Firefighters ("AFG") Program under Application #EMW-2014-FR-0084 (Telecommunications and Other Equipment) in order the receive essential equipment for firefighter operations. In August 2015, pursuant to Resolution No. 15-186, Council approved a MOU between the City and the District for the purchase of equipment using the grant funds and the distribution of the equipment. In November 2015, Council adopted a resolution accepting the grant award and appropriating $484,819 for associated grant expenditures and activities.
As the MOU was executed before the final grant was awarded, the City and the District intended to amend the MOU once the final grant amount and the purchases to be made and the distribution of those purchases between the City and the District were finalized. The City Attorney's Office has drafted an amendment to the MOU, wh...
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