Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-12-08 regular agenda — reading text

Charter Officers 7 Council Member 1/ 22/08 HR Reorganize City Budget Policy May Pullen staff to save money Workshop 8 Council Member 1/ 22/08 HR Comments and HR contacting Labor Hartwell reprimands for Attorney on this issue Charter Officers Thank you. reviewed and Concur: r - 5 Og J Shanahan, City Manager Date  FM-t # Date Title # Title Contents 2/ 19/ 08 1 Establishment Municipality Established Validation of ordinances, property rights, liabilities, etc 2/ 19/ 08 II Legislative Creation and composition of council Limit on number of terms of city council Filling vacancies in the city council or in the office of mayor Regular and special meetings of council Election of mayor and mayor pro tem; general duties of mayor General powers and rules of council Quorum; compelling attendance of members Investigations of transaction of departments and officials 2 3/ 18/ 08 III Administration City manager; acting manager; assistant manager; appointment, qualifications, salary City manager; responsibility; powers of appointment and removal Removal of officers and employees; civil service employees; procedure Council not to interfere in appointments or removals; violation a misdemeanor; forfeiture of office Duties of manager Manager's and officer' s rights to participate in council meetings Administrative departments Departments to be supervised by a director 3 4/ 15/ 08 IV Finance Department of finance and administration; director Procedures Department of finance and administration; division of audits and accounts Department of finance and administration; division of treasury Surety bonds required of officers and employees City officers; appointment and compensation R Consolidation of offices and departments Emoluments other than regular compensation prohibited; exception 4 5/ 20/ 08 V Miscellaneous Oath of office Provisions Continuance of present officers Elections Property rights, obligations, ordinances, etc., continued Officers and employment continued Construction Repealer Effective Date Police jurisdiction over navigable waters Acquisition of recreational tracts Page 2  CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 12. 2008 Regular Agenda Consideration of a request to accept the 2007 FIRES Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $ 72, 700 Fire Chief) Council Action 1 St 2nd Vote: Agenda Item Number: 9  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH MEMORANDUM DATE: February 12, 2008 TO: Joyce Shanahan, City Manager FROM: Mike Dutton, Fire Chief SUBJECT: 2007 Assistance to Firefighter' s Grant Program BACKGROUND: The Department of Homeland Security, specifically the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has awarded the City of Fort Walton Beach a matching fund grant of $72, 700 under the 2007 FIRES Grant Program. The Fire Department' s application submitted last April, was one of 20,731 requests competing for a share of the 700 million dollars allotted. Fort Walton Beach' s share of this 90% Federal /10$ City is 7, 270. 00. DISCUSSION: The purpose of this grant was to provide the Fire Department with several desperately needed safety devices; enhancement of our Advanced Life Support equipment; and a replacement backup generator for Station 7. As part of our safety program we have been carrying thermal imaging cameras ( TICs) on our apparatus for about ten years. The TICs we bought ten years ago can no longer be repaired by the manufacturers and we can no longer get new batteries to power the units. TICs have been proven to be a vital element for on- scene -safety and their use has been included in the county -wide Standard Operating Guidelines. The Fire Department received another FIRES Grant in 2003 for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs). At the time of purchase we thought we could communicate sufficiently without special amplifiers based upon a demonstration held under classroom conditions. Since then we have found that we are unable to communicate effectively on the fireground, either face to face or on the radio, while wearing our SCBA masks. The purchase of these new technology amplifiers (already field tested) will increase firefighter safety and interoperability on fire and hazardous material scenes where SCBAs are used, especially with our mutual aid partners with the same equipment. The enhancement of our ALS Equipment is the purchase of three ventilators, one for each ALS registered vehicle. The ventilators automatically provide breaths to a patient who is unable to breathe on his/her own. When working a respiratory arrest or cardiac arrest patient there are many tasks that need to be done early and simultaneously in order to C:\ Documents and Settings \demery.FWB- LAN\My Documents \Staff Reports \Staff Report for FIRES Grant 2007.doc save the patient. At that moment there never seems to be enough personnel or room to handle all of the tasks. The ventilator handles one of the more critical tasks and frees up our people for other duties. A ventilator on each of our ALS vehicles will greatly expedite critical care to our most serious patients. The current generator at Station 7 is listed as a 30 KW and is over 35 years old. The manufacturer went out of business over 20 years ago. Replacement parts are non existent and have to be machined or hand made by our repair company. The75 KW replacement of this unit through this grant will not only provide the backup power needed to operate the station during power loss but would reduce the total cost of Station 7' s renovation accordingly. RECOMMENDATION: Staff requests Council accept the 2007 FIRES Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. If approved a budget amendment to the General Fund will be required to fund the City' s 10% match of $7,270. Reviewed and Concurred: Hold for discussion: Denied: O UYe lanfan, City Manager Date Comments: C:\ Documents and Settings \demery.FWB- LAN\My Documents \Staff Reports \Staff Report for FIRES Grant 2007.doc Evolution® 5200 Thermal Imaging Camera Approvals & Standards Durability - MSA designs, manufactures and tests to existing standards that include: Water /Dust Ingress: International Standard CEI, IEC 529, IP 67 Classification Direct Flame /Heat Exposure: Simulated NFPA 1981 - 2002 Edition, NFPA 1982 -1998 Vibration: Edition MIL -STD -810E Category 1 Loose Cargo Radio Frequency Interfere nce: Transport CE /EN 50081 -2: 1992, EN 50082 -2: 1992, FCC Rollover ( Truck Charger): Part 15 Simulated NFPA 1901 -12, 1. 7 SAFE -IR TIC Application Training for Firefighters MSA is pleased to announce a TIC training alliance with SAFE -IR, Inc. SAFE -IR, Inc. provides advanced fireground TIC applications training. 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