2004-090-RES APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR 2003 - 2004 FOR TRAINING AND EQUIPPING A FIRE DEPT HAZ-MAT MITIGATION TEAM
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
within the operating areas of the City's major industries and the City's water treatment plant.
Section 3. That the funds so expended, although not currently available and designated for
such use within the City Fire Department budget, shall be and are hereby authorized for expenditure,
to be subsequently designated for such purpose by formal amendment ofthe City's current fiscal year
2003-2004 budget at a future date.
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 10th day
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: