2004-090-RES APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR 2003 - 2004 FOR TRAINING AND EQUIPPING A FIRE DEPT HAZ-MAT MITIGATION TEAM

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RESOLUTION NO. 200.4-090 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003-2004 TO PAY THE COST OF TRAINING AND EQUIPPING A FIRE DEPARTMENT HAZ-MAT MITIGATION TEAM; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, regulations adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as applied by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to episodes involving spills and releases of hazardous material, now require advanced training and equipage for those emergency services personnel involved in such episodes; and, WHEREAS, in order to properly service the industries of the City of Paris as well as the City's own water treatment facility, wherein certain listed hazardous material could potentially be spilled or released, additional firefighter training and equipment is required; and, WHEREAS, the major industries of the City of Paris, in conjunction with the City Fire Department and the Fire Chief have identified the necessary training and equipment which would satisfy regulatory requirements and qualify designated members of the City's Fire Department to mitigate such hazardous material (HAZ-MAT) episodes; and, WHEREAS, the City Fire Department by and through the Fire Chief, has prepared a proposed budget to finance the cost of such training and equipment, with a total anticipated budgetary impact of $128,230.00, which such funds are not currently budgeted for expenditure in the City Fire Department budget; and, WHEREAS, in order to acquire the necessary training and obtain the necessary equipment in this fiscal year, the City Council must authorize the City Fire Chiefto make such expenditures in anticipation of designating such funds for use by formal amendment of the budget for fiscal year 2003-2004; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City Council does hereby approve and authorize the expenditure by the City Fire Chief, in such amounts and in accordance with state law and with the approval of the City Manager, in a total amount not to exceed $128,230.00, to equip and train a hazardous material mitigation (HAZ-MA T) team of designated firefighters within the City Fire Department to respond to and mitigate HAZ- MA T episodes in the event that such an episode should occur at or