Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager and the City of Mansfield Fire Department to make Application and Receive Funds from the Texas Department of State Health Services on Competitive RFP for EMS Local Projects Grant FY 2016 after the Purchase of an Ambulance
Requested Action
Approval by the City Council for the City Manager and the City of Mansfield Fire Department to make Application and Receive Funds from the Texas Department of State Health Services on Competitive RFP for EMS Local Projects Grant FY 2016.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the resolution.
Description/History
The Texas Department of State Health Services Office of Emergency Medical Services Trauma Systems Coordination has announced the availability of funding for local grant projects. This is an annual grant application process that Mansfield Fire Department has been successful with over several years for funding towards ambulances and EMS equipment and supplies. The City of Mansfield has received funding in the years of 2004, 2006 and 2014 for the purchase of an ambulance. In 2007, the City of Mansfield received funds of $7,500 towards the purchase of a cardiac monitor. The maximum allowable grant funding available per agency is $50,000.
The project application is to be submitted by May 21, 2015 with a contract period for reimbursement of October 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016.
Justification
The grant application if approved will allow the City of Mansfield to acquire funding to reimburse costs towards the purchase of an ambulance for Mansfield Fire Department. There is a 50% match requirement from the City of Mansfield with the total maximum reimbursement being $50,000.
Funding Source
General Operating budget / Capital Request in FY 15/16
Prepared By
Barry Bondurant, Fire Chief