PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. R18-157 - Authorize the City to apply for the 2018 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for a total cost of $529,282 of which the grant would be $481,166 and the City would match $48,116. 

The 2018 AFG is a FEMA based grant, the Fire Department has applied for $481,166 of grant funding and the required City match would be $48,116 for a total cost of $529,282.  The funds would be used to replace the departments advanced life support cardiac monitors/defibrillators.

Awards will be announced in March of 2019.

The deadline for the grant application was Monday, October 26, 2018. In accordance with the City's Grants Management Policy the City Manager authorized applying for the grant based the application deadline being prior to the Commission meeting. 

The Grants policy states that if the deadline requires the City Manager to approval to apply for the grant the request for application will be place on the next available commission agenda and if the Commission does not approve the grant application the responsible department shall notify the appropriate funding agency to withdraw the grant application.

Applying for and receiving this grant will fund the replacement of our advanced life support equipment.