HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-2685-23 Appropriates Funds to 2023 CFD Budget from Public Safety Functions, FEMA Grants, othersSPONSOR: Councilor Rider
This Ordinance was prepared by Jon Oberlander, Corporation Counsel, on November 8, 2023 at 11:51 p.m. No subsequent
revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
ORDINANCE NO. D-2685-23
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 2023 CARMEL
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Synopsis: This ordinance appropriates funds to the 2023 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 FEMA grants, participation in the
Indiana Task Force and the Hamilton County Community Opioid Prevention Efforts’ Quick
Response Team to the 2023 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; and
WHEREAS, the group that sponsored the special event then reimburses the City for firefighter
hours worked during the event; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) reimburses the City for
firefighter hours worked in federal emergency disaster zones; and
WHEREAS, CFD also pays its firefighters directly for the public safety work they perform for
the Indiana Task Force and the Hamilton County Community Opioid Prevention Efforts’ Quick
Response Team (“QRT”); and
WHEREAS, the reimbursements and grant funds received from sponsoring groups, Hamilton
County and FEMA have been deposited into the City’s General Fund (#101); and
WHEREAS, CFD has received One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Twenty-Nine
Dollars and Nine Cents ($114,029.09) in reimbursements and grant funds from various event sponsors,
Hamilton County and FEMA for public safety work performed by CFD firefighters this year; and
WHEREAS, in order to pay the firefighters who participated in the public safety work listed
above, these funds must be appropriated from the General Fund into the 2023 CFD budget; and
WHEREAS, the General Fund currently has excess funds in the amount of One Hundred
Fourteen Thousand Twenty-Nine Dollars and Nine Cents ($114,029.09) in the operating balance to
appropriate to 2023 CFD budget line item 4112002 – Unscheduled Overtime and CFD budget line item
4357001 – Training Fees Internal.
Ordinance D-2685-23
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SPONSOR: Councilor Rider
This Ordinance was prepared by Jon Oberlander, Corporation Counsel, on November 8, 2023 at 11:51 p.m. No subsequent
revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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:
$114,029.09 from the GENERAL FUND OPERATING Balances
To
Carmel Fire Department (1120): Line item 4112002 - Unscheduled Overtime $112,558.09
Carmel Fire Department (1120): Line item 4357001 – Training Fees Internal $1,471.00
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, execution by the
Mayor.
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Ordinance D-2685-23
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SPONSOR: Councilor Rider
This Ordinance was prepared by Jon Oberlander, Corporation Counsel, on November 8, 2023 at 11:51
p.m. No subsequent revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Oberlander for legal sufficiency
or otherwise.
PASSED, by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this ____ day of
________, 2023, by a vote of _____ ayes and _____ nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
___________________________________
Jeff Worrell, President Laura Campbell, Vice-President
___________________________________ ____________________________________
Kevin Rider Sue Finkam
___________________________________ ____________________________________
Anthony Green Adam Aasen
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Tim Hannon Miles Nelson
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Teresa Ayers
ATTEST:
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Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this ____ day of
_________________________ 2023, at _______ __.M.
____________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this _____ day of
________________________ 2023, at _______ __.M.
____________________________________
James Brainard, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
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