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"City of Choice"
RESOLUTION NO. 1453
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO,
TEXAS AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION TO FEMA FOR
ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT TO FUND CERTAIN
REGIONAL INTEROPERABLE RADIO EQUIPMENT
WHEREAS, the Assistance to Firefighter Grant allows regional mutual aid partners to
jointly file a grant to purchase equipment such as interoperable radios: and
WHEREAS, each participating agency will pay its 10% required grant match based only
on the cost of the equipment received by that agency; and
WHEREAS, the City staff of the City of Cibolo (the "City") has recommended that the
City Council authorize the filing of a regional grant application with FEMA relating to radio
equipment for Cibolo Fire Department, Schertz Fire and EMS, the Converse Fire Department,
and the; 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 radio equipment as detailed in Exhibit A.
THAT:BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS
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any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the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.
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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 26th day of June, 2012.
CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS
M or
ATTEST:
City Secretary
(CITY SEAL)
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EXHIBIT A
EQUIPMENT
DESCRIPTION COST
12-700/800MHz&VFH Mobile Radios $66,000.00
18-700/800MHz&VFH Portable Radios $90,486.00
02- 700/800MHz &VFH Base Station Radios 10 700.00
TOTAL $168,186.00
City of Cibolo 10% match $16,818.60
• City Staff recommends approval of resolution and matching funds
not to exceed Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) if grant is awarded.
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