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A resolution appropriating $4,745,500.00 in American Recovery Plan Act funds from Fund #30216 to the Nashville Fire Department to be used for light fleet vehicles and equipment.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the Metropolitan Council passed Resolution RS2021-966, a resolution which accepted grant funds for local government support from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established by the American Recovery Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Count, which was subsequently signed into law by Mayor John Cooper on June 16, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution RS2021-966 established a COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee ("the Committee") whose role is to collect, consider, and recommend appropriate uses of the ARP Funds as designated by the Metropolitan Council disbursement plan. The Committee will submit its reports and recommendations to the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the Metropolitan Council not later than June 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, there are federal requirements for use of American Rescue Plan Act funds that require that these funds be expended or obligated on or before December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic and Nashville's substantial population increase, as identified in the 2020 federal census data, have placed additional burdens on NFD to fulfill its mission to protect Nashville's citizens; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee recognizes that the Nashville Fire Department (NFD) has an aging vehicle fleet and an increase in response requests and recommends these funds be used for light fleet vehicles and equipment; and,
WHEREAS, NFD has determined that use of these funds to build up its fleet as well as replace aged vehicles will improve response during the pandemic, as well as offer opportunities to reduce the number of personnel needed on a response, as further described in NFD's request to the Committee (Exhibit A), resolves criti...
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