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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 669 Draft 01 2014-2016 JMtY OS N,,,, COUNTY OF HAWAII - • . -: = ••- STATE OF HAWAII ♦,art Gs•M,i,' RESOLUTION NO. 669 16 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PURCHASE TRAINING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE HANDS-ONLY CPR PROGRAM. WHEREAS, cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death, and survival often depends on receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within seconds or minutes; and WHEREAS, CPR can only be performed within seconds or minutes of a cardiac arrest if a person who has been properly trained to employ CPR is nearby; and WHEREAS, training as many people as possible to successfully employ CPR is the most effective method of increasing the odds that a person will be nearby to employ CPR when needed; and WHEREAS, hands-only CPR has been shown to be as effective as conventional CPR for cardiac arrest as it can double or triple a person's chance of survival; and WHEREAS, the Hands-Only CPR Program has been deployed throughout Hawai`i County, and within about three years, more than 7,000 people have already been trained; and WHEREAS, the goals of the Hawai`i Fire Department are to increase cardiac arrest survival rates on Hawai`i Island, to train all high school seniors in hands-only CPR before they graduate, to train all Department of Education faculty and staff in hands-only CPR and automated external defibrillator(AED) use, to increase awareness in the community in hands- only CPR and AED use, and to continue to improve its CPR/AED program presentation with up- to-date videos, training devices, and science; and WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 3 will be appropriated to the Hawai`i Fire Department to purchase CPR training manikins, AED trainers, and other related equipment and supplies for the Hands-Only CPR Program; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below: FUND: General AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION: $4,000 OUT AND FROM: 010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC -Contingency Relief $4,000 CREDITED TO: 010.221.5221.02 Hawai`i Fire Department $4,000 Fire Protection-OCE 235 Misc. Materials and Supplies (Hands-Only CPR Program) BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Fire Chief and Director of Finance, and that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this resolution. Dated atKona , Hawai`i, this 18th day of October , 2016 • INTRODUCED BY: ►►' IJICOUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X DAVID X I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the ILAGAN County of Hawaii on October 18 7 7016 X KANUHA X ONISHI X AIT SI: PALEKA X POINDEXTER X WILLS X _", 8 0 1 0 l '�, Reference: C-1089/Council COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 669 16 2