HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2019-87 SAFER Grant AcceptedRESOLUTION NO. 2019-87
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINA TO ACCEPT THE
2019 STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT
ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2019, the City of Edina submitted an application to the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its 2018 Staffing
for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, seeking funding to assist with hiring six new
firefighters; and
WHEREAS, the SAFER grant program was created to provide funding directly to fire
departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase or maintain the number
of trained, "front line" firefighters available in their communities. The goal of the SAFER program is to
enhance the local fire departments' abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards
established by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA); and
WHEREAS, the City's SAFER grant application was approved on September 13, 2019, and the
City was awarded the grant, with the grant funds totaling $911,820.60 over three years; and
WHEREAS, for each of the six Paramedic/Firefighters to be hired, the grant will fund 75% of the
salary and benefits for the first two years and fund 35% in the final year of the grant. The total projected
cost for three years is $1,478,628 and the City's local matching cost totals $296,025; and
WHEREAS, the City will also be responsible for any salary or benefit increases during the term
of the grant and for the costs of retention of the six additional Paramedic/Firefighters staffing after the
expiration of the grant, with the projected performance period for the grant expiring on or about June
30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, funding from the SAFER grant will help the City address service needs relating to
anticipated population growth and the additional firefighters to be hired will allow for the addition of a
firefighter on fire suppression apparatus as well as ensuring adequate staffing of ambulances; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Edina City Council accepts with sincere
appreciation the 2018 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant in the total amount of
$911,820.60 administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and approves and accepts the
terms of grant set forth in the grant award package.
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street • Edina, Minnesota 55424
www.EdinaMN.gov • 952-927-8861 • Fax 952-826-0390
Dated: October I,720,19
Attest:
aron Ills City Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS
CITY OF EDINA
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that the
attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular Meeting of
October I, 2019, and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of
City Clerk