DATE: October 15, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Fire Chief
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate up to $30,000 in Grant Funding Annually in Fiscal Years 2025 Through 2030 from the Alameda County Office of Homeland Security for the Hayward Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team Program
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $30,000 in grant funding annually in fiscal years (“FY”) 2025 through 2030, from the Alameda County Office of Homeland Security for the Hayward Fire Department’s (“HFD”) Community Emergency Response Team (“CERT”) Program.
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SUMMARY
Since 2010, the HFD has received a sub-recipient grant through Alameda County’s State Homeland Security Grant Program to run its CERT program. Staff is requesting that Council authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of this funding source for the next five years, FY 2025 through 2030, not to exceed $30,000 each year for a total not to exceed amount of $150,000. If the Council authorizes this action, staff will appropriate the funding into the Fire Department’s budget (240) and provide CERT program services per the terms and conditions of the grant.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution