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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Christopher Temes, Fire Marshal
DATE: September 18, 2023
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $10,000 from The Hartford to support fire safety education efforts and programming.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council approval of a grant to be used to support fire safety education efforts and programming, in an effort to reduce home fire risks.
BACKGROUND:
The City and the Aurora Fire Department continually strive to educate the public and improve fire safety awareness, in an effort to minimize the risks of fire incidents within the community.
DISCUSSION:
The grant will provide $10,000 of funding with no additional costs to the City. The parameters of this grant can be customized to Fire Prevention Bureau's individual needs, and may include, but are not limited to, fire safety awareness and education within the community and local schools.
Grant use is expected to start immediately and must be used within one year of the dated letter.
No additional funds are needed.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
This resolution must be approved and signed to properly execute the agreement and to begin implementing the project.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Request is for the approval of The Hartford grant agreement to accept the award to improve fire safety awareness within the City.
cc: Finance Committee
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $10,000 from The Hartford, to support fire safety education efforts and programming.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Aurora Fire Department continually strive to educate the public and improve fire safety awareness, in an effort to minimize the risks of fire incidents within the community; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a grant that will provide $10,000 of funding with no additional costs to the City; and
WHEREAS, the parameters of this grant can be customized to Fire Prevention Bureau's individual needs, and may include, but are not limited to, fire safety awareness and education within the community and local schools; and
WHEREAS, the use is expected to start immediately and must be used within one year of the dated letter; and
WHEREAS, No additional funds are needed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows: a grant award of $10,000 from The Hartford, to support fire safety education efforts and programming, to improve fire safety awareness within the City.