HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-2439-18 Appropriates Funds to the 2018 Carmel Fire Department Budget Received from Public Safety and FEMASPONSORS: Councilors Carter,
Kimball and Worrell
ORDINANCE NO. D-2439-18
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 TO THE 2018 CARMEL
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Synopsis: This ordinance appropriates funds to the 2018 Carmel Fire Department budget that
were received by the City as reimbursements for the performance of public safety functions at
public events. It also appropriates funds received from a FEMA grant for additional officer
training classes into the 2018 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 Eighteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Eight Dollars and
Six Cents ($18,388.06) in reimbursements from various event sponsors and FEMA for firefighter hours
worked thus far this year;
WHEREAS, FEMA has awarded a grant in the amount of One Hundred Two Thousand Four
Hundred Fifty Eight Dollars and Twenty Eight Cents ($102,458.28) to the CFD for additional Officer
training classes (the "Grant");
WHEREAS, the Grant proceeds were deposited into Grant Fund (CFD) (#900) and then
transferred into the General Fund (#101);
WHEREAS, the funds must be appropriated into the 2018 Carmel Fire Department Budget in
order to reimburse the Firefighters who participated in the classes paid for by the Grant;
Ordinance D-2439-18
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This Ordinance was prepared by Jon A. Oberlander, Assistant City Attorney, on 8/31/18 at 11:27 am. No subsequent revision to this
Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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SPONSORS: Councilors Carter,
Kimball and Worrell
WHEREAS, the funds received from event sponsors and FEMA 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;
WHEREAS, the operating balance of the General Fund currently has excess funds in the
amount of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Six Dollars and Thirty Four Cents
($120,846.34) to appropriate to CFD budget line items 4112002 — Unscheduled Overtime and 4357003
— Internal Instructional Fees;
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:
$120,846.34 from the GENERAL FUND OPERATING Balances
To
Carmel Fire Department (1120): Line item 4112002 - Unscheduled Overtime $112,696.34
Carmel Fire Department (1120): Line item 4357003 — Internal Instructional Fees $8,150.00
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, execution by the
Mayor.
Ordinance D-2439-18
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This Ordinance was prepared by Jon A. Oberlander, Assistant City Attorney, on 8/31/18 at 11:27 am. No subsequent revision to this
Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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PASSED by the Common Co cil of the City of Carmel,
2018, by a vote of %ayes and nays.
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P esented by me to the Mayor of the City of
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SPONSORS: Councilors Carter,
Kimball and Worrell
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Indiana, this Fday of
Anthony Green
H. Bruce Kimball
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, In 'ana, this — day of
2018, at.M. �
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EJa es Brainard, Mayor
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Cjhristine S. Pauley, Clerk-Tre rer
Ordinance D-2439-18
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This Ordinance was prepared by Jon A. Oberlander, Assistant City Attorney, on 8/31/18 at 11:27 a.m. No subsequent revision to this
Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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