HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-2401-17 Appropriates Funds to Fire from FEMA, etc.SPONSORS: Councilor Finkam,
Carter and Rider
ORDINANCE NO. D-2401-17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA,
AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
FROM THE OPERATING BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THE GRANT FUND
TO THE 2017 CARMEL FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Synopsis: Appropriates funds to the 2017 Carmel Fire Department budget that were received by
the City as reimbursements for the performance of public safety functions at public events and
disaster relief areas by Carmel Firefighters, as well as money received by the City from Clay
Township to cover the cost of medical exams. It also appropriates $25,800.40 received from a
FEMA grant for additional officer training classes into the 2017 Carmel Fire Department
Budget.
WHEREAS, in 2016 the Carmel Fire Department ("CFD") began paying its firefighters
directly for the public safety work they perform at special events and for emergency disaster relief
situations;
WHEREAS, the group that sponsored the special event then reimburses the City for firefighter
hours worked during the event;
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") reimburses the City for
firefighter hours worked in federal emergency disaster zones;
WHEREAS, the reimbursement money received from sponsoring groups and FEMA is
deposited into the City's General Fund (#101);
WHEREAS, CFD has received Seventy One Thousand One Hundred Ninety Nine Dollars and
Seventy Five Cents ($71,199.75) in reimbursements from various event sponsors and FEMA for
firefighter hours worked thus far this year;
WHEREAS, Clay Township reimbursed the CFD Eighty One Thousand Two Hundred Forty
Nine Dollars ($81,249.00) for the cost of physicals that are required for CFD firefighters;
WHEREAS, CFD received One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) from Firefighter applicants
as reimbursement for the cost of their oral interviews;
WHEREAS, the funds received from event sponsors, FEMA, Clay Township and Firefighter
applicants must be appropriated from the General Fund back into the CFD budget in order to cover the
cost of the wages paid to the firefighters for their public safety work at special events and in federal
emergency disaster zones, as well as the cost of the physical exams administered to CFD firefighters
and the fees associated with the applicants' oral interviews;
Ordinance D-2401-17
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This Ordinance was prepared by Jon A. Oberlander, Senior Assistant City Attorney, on 11/20/17 at 12:57 p.m. No subsequent revision to
this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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SPONSORS: Councilor Finkam,
Carter and Rider
WHEREAS, the General Fund currently has excess funds in the amount of One Hundred Fifty
Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars and Seventy Five Cents ($152,598.75) in the
operating balance to appropriate to CFD budget line items 4341999 — Other Professional Fees,
4112002 — Unscheduled Overtime, and 43407-01 — Medical Exams;
WHEREAS, FEMA has awarded a grant of Twenty Five Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars and
Forty Cents ($25,800.40) to the CFD for additional Officer training classes (the "Grant");
WHEREAS, the Grant proceeds were deposited into Grant Fund (CFD) (#900) and must be
appropriated into the 2017 Carmel Fire Department Budget in order to reimburse the Firefighters who
participated in the classes paid for by the Grant;
WHEREAS, Grant Fund (CFD) (#900) currently has funds in the amount of Twenty Five
Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars and Forty Cents ($25,800.40) to appropriate to CFD budget line item
4112002 — Unscheduled Overtime.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana,
that the following additional sum of money is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund Operating
Balance and for the purposes specified, subject to applicable laws, as follows:
$152,598.75 from the GENERAL FUND OPERATING Balances
To
Carmel Fire Department (1120): Line item 4112002 - Unscheduled Overtime $71,199.75
Carmel Fire Department (1120): 4341999 — Other Prof Fees $150.00
Carmel Fire Department (1120): 43407-01— Medical Exams $81,249.00
NOW, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, that
the following additional sum of money is hereby appropriated out of the Grant Fund (#900) and for the
purposes specified, subject to applicable laws, as follows:
$25,800.40 from the GRANT FUND (CFD) (FUND #900)
To
Carmel Fire Department (1120): Line item 4112002 - Unscheduled Overtime $25,800.40
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, execution by the
Mayor.
Ordinance D-2401-17
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This Ordinance was prepared by Jon A. Oberlander, Senior Assistant City Attorney, on 11/20/17 at 12:57 p.m. No subsequent revision to
this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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SPONSORS: Councilor Finkam,
Carter and Rider
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this " t 'fVIday of ►,
2017, by a vote of "� ayes and (0 nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
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Sue F'nk , Presi t
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Laura'D. Campbell
E. Carter
Bruce Kimball
Kevin D. Rider
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Christine S. Paule , Clerk -Treasurer
Present-,' by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this day of
2017, atI&V y 6.M.
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Christine S. Pauley, Clerk -Treasurer
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this day of
eCe-wl b -e li 2017, at—P.M.
/ames-Brainard, Mayor
Christine S. Pa ey, Clerk -
Ordinance D-2401-17
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This Ordinance was prepared by Jon A. Oberlander, Senior Assistant City Attorney, on 11/20/17 at 12:57 p.m. No subsequent revision to
this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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