DATE: March 21, 2023
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Fire Chief
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Appropriate $228,000 From the Mutual Aid Revenue Project of the Capital Projects General Fund (Fund 405 - Project 05002) to Purchase a Telehandler Heavy-Duty Forklift For Use at the Hayward Fire/Rescue Training Center And During/to Prepare For Emergency Disasters
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to appropriate $228,000 of surplus mutual aid reimbursement funds (Fund 405 - Project 05002) to purchase a Telehandler, heavy-duty forklift for use at the Hayward Fire/Resource Training Center, during an actual emergency disaster, and to prepare for emergency disasters.
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SUMMARY
The $228,000 that HFD proposes is appropriated from the Mutual Aid Revenue Project of the Capital Projects General Fund (Fund 405-Project 05002) and was reimbursement received from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services per a Master Mutual Aid Agreement. The money will be spent on purchasing the Telehandler heavy-duty forklift, which HFD will use to, among other things, organize the extensive disaster cache/containers that the HFD maintains as well as emergency food, water, cots, etc. for the Emergency Operations Center.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution