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DRAFT <br />HAZ-MAT Team Training Funds Res <br />May 4, 2004 <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITLTRE <br />OF FLTNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003-2004 TO PAY THE COST OF <br />TRAIIVING AND EQUIPPING A FIRE DEPARTMENT HAZ-MAT <br />MITIGATION TEAM ; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, regulations adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, <br />as applied by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to episodes involving spills and <br />releases of hazardous material, now require advanced training and equipage for those emergency <br />services personnel involved in such episodes; and, <br />WHEREAS, in order to properly service the industries of the City of Paris as well as the <br />City's own water treatment facility, wherein certain listed hazardous material could potentially be <br />spilled or released, additional firefighter training and equipment is required; and, <br />WHEREAS, the major industries of the City of Paris, in conjunction with the City Fire <br />Department and the Fire Chief have identified the necessary training and equipment which would <br />satisfy regulatory requirements and qualify designated members of the City's Fire Department to <br />mitigate such hazardous material (HAZ-MAT) episodes; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Fire Department by and through the Fire Chief, has prepared a <br />proposed budget to finance the cost of such training and equipment, with a total anticipated <br />budgetary impact of $ , which such funds are not currently budgeted for expenditure <br />in the City Fire Department budget; and, <br />WHEREAS, in order to acquire the necessary training and obtain the necessary equipment <br />in this fiscal year, the City Council must authorize the City Fire Chief to make such expenditures <br />in anticipation of designating such funds for use by formal amendment of the budget for fiscal <br />year 2003-2004; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COLTNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That the City Council does hereby approve and authorize the expenditure by <br />the City Fire Chief, in such amounts and in accordance with state law and with the approval of <br />