Approve Application to Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant…

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Recorded in the minutes as: “h. Resolution #060926-06 – Approve Application to Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Application DeMoss/ Motion: to approve Resolution #060926-06 – Approve Application to Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Application, with the correction to three fulltime firefighters. Fire Chief Jamie Lee explained The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate implements and administers the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase or maintain the number of trained, “front line” firefighters available in their communities. The goal of the SAFER program is to enhance the local fire departments’ abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards established by the NFPA. The Grant Application is due June 22nd, 2026. The award notification for the grant is anticipated in September 2026. If awarded, the grant would pay for salaries and benefits for 3 full-time firefighters to be hired from within or outside the department. The City is required to accept or reject the grant within 30 days of notification. When the grant is accepted, the 180-day recruitment period will start. After the recruitment, the Period of Performance will start and last for 36 months. The SAFER grant will help fund the required firefighters needed to have a fire apparatus in the station 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The grant will fund 75% per firefighter to support salary and benefits for two years and 35% for the third year. If awarded, the city would be responsible for 100% of the salary and benefit cost in year four”.

Motion as recorded: “to approve Resolution #060926-06 – Approve Application to Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Application, with the correction to three fulltime firefighters. Fire Chief Jamie Lee explained The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate implements and administers the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase or maintain the number of trained, “front line” firefighters available in their communities. The goal of the SAFER program is to enhance the local fire departments’ abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards established by the NFPA. The Grant Application is due June 22nd, 2026. The award notification for the grant is anticipated in September 2026. If awarded, the grant would pay for salaries and benefits for 3 full-time firefighters to be hired from within or outside the department. The City is required to accept or reject the grant within 30 days of notification. When the grant is accepted, the 180-day recruitment period will start. After the recruitment, the Period of Performance will start and last for 36 months. The SAFER grant will help fund the required firefighters needed to have a fire apparatus in the station 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The grant will fund 75% per firefighter to support salary and benefits for two years and 35% for the third year. If awarded, the city would be responsible for 100% of the salary and benefit cost in year four”.

From the vote line in the official minutes, which names each member’s vote. Members not named in the vote line are shown as Not in the record unless the minutes list them absent. Vote line as printed: “ROLL CALL: AYES: Murray, Birch, Hodges, DeMoss, Konrad. NAYS: None. Motion carried 5-0.”.