ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Fire Chief to ACCEPT a GRANT from FEMA for the 2021 STAFFING AND ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT, in the Amount of $4,091,208.00.
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BACKGROUND: The Staffing and Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER) was designed and implemented to help local and volunteer Fire Departments increase and/or maintain trained front-line firefighters. As of 9/21/2022, FEMA has announced 118 awards totaling $360 million. The City of Peoria was awarded a grant of $4,091,208.00 to help with the hiring of 11 new firefighters and fully staffing Engine 2. This grant is the largest grant for downstate Illinois since 2015.
The hiring of the 11 new recruits will bring total Suppression manpower to 171 men and women. This will allow for the full staffing of Engine 2 removing the need to for overtime.
The City has to keep manpower in the Fire Department at 171 for 12 months after the federal funding concludes in the third year.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: This would impact the 2022/2023/2024/2025 budget
Object Class
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Total
Personnel
$625,504
$669,900
$689,997
$1,985,401
Fringe Benefits
$670,384
$708,972
$726,451
$2,105,807
Federal Share
$1,295,888
$1,378,872
$1,416,448
$4,091,208
Non-Federal Share
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$1,295,888
$1,378,872
$1,416,448
$4,091,208
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Additional fire protection services assists neighborhoods.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The grant will be accepted and the funds placed into the General Fund for FY2023.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The City would not accept the grant and the firefighters would not be hired.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: EMW-2021-FF-00444
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL'S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Financially Sound City
2. Safe Peoria
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
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