01/24/2023 Resolutions 2023-28RESOLUTION 2023-28
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island Fire Department is applying to the FY22
Assistance to Firefighters grant for federal assistance to purchase P-25 compliant radios.
WHEREAS, in order to communicate via radio with surrounding departments the
Grand Island Fire Department must upgrade their current radios and purchase P-25 compliant
radios; and
WHEREAS, the cost for the purchase of the seventy P-25 compliant radios is
$665,742.00 with $605,220.00 of that cost being requested in federal grant funding and
$60,522.00 is requested in local match funding for FY24.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the FY22 Assistance to Firefighters
Grant application and $60,522.00 local match in FY24 is hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed
to execute such grant application on behalf of the City of Grand Island.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, January 24, 2023.
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Ro G. Stee e, Mayor
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form tt
January 23, 2023 tt City Attorney