07-I HAZ-MAT Team TrainingDRAFT
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July 6, 2004
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, REPEALING PRIOR RESOLUTION NO. 2004-090,
WHICH APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED THE EXPENDITLTRE OF FLTNDS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003-2004 TO PAY THE COST OF TRAIIVING AND
EQUIPPING A FIRE DEPARTMENT HAZ-MAT MITIGATION TEAM;
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A NEW PLAN FOR THE
EXPENDITLTRE OF FLTNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003-2004 TO PAY THE
COST OF TRAIIVING 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
alternate proposed budgets to finance the cost of such training and equipment, with a total
anticipated budgetary impact of $128,230.00 for Budgetary Option A and $65,670.00 for
Budgetary Option B, 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 Chief to 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 COLTNCIL 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 prior Resolution No. 2004-090, passed and approved May 10, 2004,
which approved and authorized a prior plan for the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2003-2004
to pay the cost of training and equipping a Fire Department HAZ-MAT Mitigation Team, is
hereby and shall be in all things repealed.
Section 3. That the City Council does hereby approve and authorize a new plan for 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 $ , to equip and train
a hazardous material mitigation (HAZ-MAT) team of designated firefighters within the City
Fire Department to respond to and mitigate HAZ-MAT 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 4. 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 of the City's
current fiscal year 2003-2004 budget at a future date.
Section 5. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th day of July, 2004.
Curtis Fendley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney