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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 176 Draft 01 2012-2014 JNtr os N��' tP \bVe;�; COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII fir!OF•M'� RESOLUTION NO. 177 1,`3 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) AND THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA), PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR THE FY 2012 ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT TO THE HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through their FY 2012 Assistance to Firefighters grant program, has authorized funding to the Hawaii Fire Department; and WHEREAS, these funds, along with the County's matching funds will be used towards the Hawai'i Fire Department's Operations and Safety program associated with the FY 2012 Assistance to Firefighters grant; and WHEREAS, the funds will be used to hire a training instructor to provide instruction to selected Hawai'i Fire Department (HFD) instructor personnel on the topic of escaping from entanglement situations and to purchase equipment to support such training; and WHEREAS, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that County departments obtain the consent of the Council to enter into agreements with the Federal or State governments respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those powers; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, in accordance with section 46-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that the Mayor of the County of Hawaii is authorized to execute, on behalf of the County, an agreement and related documents, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency to enable the County to receive grant funds to support the Hawaii Fire Department's program to hire an instructor and purchase equipment to train HFD instructor personnel as indicated above. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk of the County of Hawaii shall transmit copies of this resolution to the Office of the Mayor, the Finance Department, and the Hawaii Fire Department. Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 16th day of October , 2013. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawaii EOFF X FORD I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ILAGAN X the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA County of Hawaii on October 16, 2013 X KERN X ONISHI X ATTEST: POINDEXTER X WILLE X YOSHIMOTO X 9 0 0 0 Reference: C-434/FC99 COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 176 13