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Assistance to Firefighters Grant FY2011 Application Modification of Fiscal Note (NB)
This item requests that the City Commission authorize the City Manager to allocate reimbursement funds received from Sprint Nextel toward the match for this grant if awarded.
Explanation
On May 3, 2012, the City Commission approved a recommendation for the City Manager to execute a grant award contract, if awarded, for the FY2011 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) has submitted an application for the grant program for a Community Risk Assessment project. The awarding of the grant requires a 20% match by the applicant agency. The City's portion of the match is projected to be around $19,296 and matching funds were originally identified in the GFR FY12 operating budget.
Since that time, Sprint Nextel issued a reimbursement check in the amount of $13,552.05 to the City of Gainesville for a radio re-banding project. GFR is recommending that these funds be designated toward meeting the grant match requirement.
Fiscal Note
The total cost of the project is estimated at $96,480; the Federal Share is 80% or $77,184; and the Applicant Share is expected to be 20% or $19,296. Matching funds have been identified from the radio re-banding project reimbursement in the amount of $13,552.05 and the remaining funds from the GFR general fund budget.
Recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Manager to: 1) designate the reimbursement funds toward the grant match; and 2) approve the required payments process to apply the reimbursement funds toward the match if the grant is awarded.