HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2023-R0104 - Homeland Security Division Grant Funding for Fire RescueResolution No. 2023-RO104
Item No. 5.17
February 28, 2023
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock finds it in the best interest of
the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Lubbock Texas, that certain travel and
training be undertaken by new members of the Lubbock Fire Heavy Rescue Team; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the Governor of Texas, Homeland Security Division, has
made available, to be coordinated by and distributed through, the South Plains Association
of Governments ("SPAG"), grant funding opportunities for said activities to promote local
and regional public safety resiliency; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock desires to avail the City of
grant funding in an amount up to $61,000, agrees to appropriate an amount of matching
funds equal to $61,000 to secure said grant funding by award, and further commits to
ongoing support of funded projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock expresses herein an intent
and commitment to return to the Office of the Governor any funds lost, misused, or
otherwise directed inconsistently with the terms of the grant award, and in the event the
City of Lubbock discontinues its support of projects funded by the award, that assets
purchased with the award be made available to SPAG to redistribute elsewhere in the
SPAG region.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to apply for the
aforementioned grant funds, accept or reject any award, and timely submit all required
reporting associated therewith to the appropriate agency;
THAT the City Manager shall present any adjustments to the City of Lubbock
budget necessitated by any grant award to the City Council for final approval.
Passed by the City Council on this, the 28th day of February, 2023.
A EST:
Rebecca Garza, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Shaun Fogerson, C ef, bbock Fire Rescue
APPROVED
City Attorney