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City Clerk's Office Item # R8
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 12, 2024
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Barb Huber, Fire Chief
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A COLORADO
RESOURCE FOR EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA EDUCATION
(CREATE) GRANT ESTABLISHING PROJECT NO. PS2407 FOR
EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA EDUCATION GRANT, AND BUDGETING
AND APPROPRIATING GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000,
WHICH INCLUDES A TEN PERCENT COST MATCH OF $2,500 FOR
THE PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THE GRANT AGREEMENT
SUMMARY:
Attached is a grant agreement between the City of Pueblo and the Colorado Resource
for Emergency and Trauma Education, in the award amount of $22,500. Grant funds
will cover ninety percent of education costs for four Pueblo Fire Department
employees.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
Approval of similar CREATE grant in 2023, 2018 and 2017.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the (CDHPE) CREATE grant is to provide funding, in the amount of
$22,500 directly to the City of Pueblo Fire Department in order to protect the health and
safety of the public by enrolling four (4) Pueblo Fire Department employees in
paramedic classes at Pueblo Community College (PCC). The City of Pueblo will be
required to contribute a ten percent match to Project No. PS2407 in the amount of
$2,500 from the Fire Department budget in the General Fund.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The anticipated total cost for the project is $25,000. The Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment (CDPHE) share for the CREATE Colorado Resource for
Emergency and Trauma Education grant is $22,500 and the ten percent City match is
$2,500. Staff time will be required for project management, as well as grant monitoring
General Fund.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Not applicable.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
Not applicable.
ALTERNATIVES:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. 24-05-538 Pueblo FIre Dept - Results Letter
ORDINANCE NO. 10752
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A COLORADO
RESOURCE FOR EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA EDUCATION
(CREATE) GRANT ESTABLISHING PROJECT NO. PS2407 FOR
EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA EDUCATION GRANT, AND
BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING GRANT FUNDS IN THE
AMOUNT OF $25,000, WHICH INCLUDES A TEN PERCENT
COST MATCH OF $2,500 FOR THE PURPOSES AUTHORIZED
BY THE GRANT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has tendered a
grant award to the City of Pueblo in the amount of $22,500 and
WHEREAS, acceptance of the award is in the best interest of the City; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment grant in the amount of
$22,500 and Grant Agreement Articles, true copies of which are attached hereto, having been
approved as to form by the City Attorney, are hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION 2.
Project No. PS2407 Colorado Resource for Emergency and Trauma Education grant is
hereby established. The total project amount of $25,000 is hereby budgeted and appropriated to
Project No. PS2407 for expenditure for the purposes authorized by the grant agreement.
SECTION 3.
Budget in the General Fund to Project No. PS2407.
SECTION 4.
The officers and staff of the City are directed and authorized to perform any and all acts
consistent with intent of this Ordinance and the attached contract to effectuate the transactions
described therein.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of final action by the Mayor and City
Council.
Action by City Council:
Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on July 22, 2024.
Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on August 12, 2024.
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President of City Council
Action by the Mayor:
Approved on _______________.
Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections:
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Mayor
Action by City Council After Disapproval by the Mayor:
Council did not act to override the Mayor's veto.
Ordinance re-adopted on a vote of ____________, on _____________
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President of City Council
ATTEST
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City Clerk