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Ordinance in the Amount of $50,000 Amending State, Federal and Other Grants Fund Budget for the Appropriation of Guilford County Emergency Services Capital Payment to Supplement Purchase of a Firefighting Equipment Storage Building
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Department: Fire
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Bobby Nugent - Ext. 2187
Contact 2 and Phone: Clarence Hunter - Ext. 2357
PURPOSE:
The City of Greensboro has received funding in the amount of $357,258 from Guilford County Emergency Services, as payment for shared use of the Greensboro Reedy Fork Fire Station. This payment has been approved by Council and is earmarked to fund additional future firefighting capital projects. A budget ordinance needs to be approved by City Council in order to apply $50,000 of this amount towards the purchase of a Firefighting Equipment Storage Building.
BACKGROUND:
Following the June 13, 2010 tank fire at Colonial Pipeline, a task force assembled to review the actions of Colonial Pipeline and the Greensboro Fire Department. Several recommendations were made for response to tank fire incidents. One of the recommendations offered was to maintain all flammable liquids firefighting equipment in one central location within close proximity of the tank farm. In November of 2014, The Greensboro Fire Department received a donation in the amount of $175,000 from Colonial Pipeline Company to construct a storage building to house Flammable Liquid Firefighting Equipment.
The lowest responsible bid submitted for this project has come in at $50,000 above the donation amount from Colonial Pipeline. This request is seeking approval to utilize $50,000 of the $357,258 payment from Guilford County Emergency Services towards completing construction of the storage building.
BUDGET IMPACT:
There is no impact on the Departmental Operating Budget due to the utilization of funds from the Guilford County Emergency Servic...
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