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FY2025 State 911 Training Grant

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [10 TO 0] Yes: Maya Jamaleddine, Ryan Williams, Mark Garipay, Robb Stewart, Manjula Karamcheti, Ward Hamilton, Kimberly Vandiver, Devin Romanul, Cal Finocchiaro, Leila Migliorelli. Absent: John Obremski.

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(ID # 12216) Grant FY2025 State 911 Training Grant Ought to Pass City Council

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▶ 42:13 Maya Jamaleddine: Seeing none. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, this motion carries. Next ID number 12, uh, two 16 FY 2025. State 9 1 1 training grant,

▶ 42:26 Speaker 8: Uh, similar, uh, non-matching funds are required by the city. This is a 9 1 1 training grant, and this grant is awarded to PSAPs, again, 9 1 1 centers, which provide 9 1 1 services to reimburse that agency for fees associated with attendance at approved 9 1 1 training courses, uh, including certifications, re-certifications, and the 16 hours of continuing education for certified telecommunicators. Additionally, this award will cover the straight time or overtime costs for the participants. Basically what that means is we have to, anyone that works in 9 1 1 has to have 16 hours of mandatory training each year to get recertified. And what this grant does, it covers, uh, the class fees to send all our personnel there, and it also covers the backfill of overtime, uh, created by sending them there. And it's broken up, uh, $32,936 for the classes and 56,000, uh, $146 and 44 cents for, uh, sending each of our personnel, uh, on overtime on backfill.

▶ 43:31 Maya Jamaleddine: Great. Thank you. Any question? Councilor Hamilton?

▶ 43:35 Ward Hamilton: Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to make a motion to recommend. Second.

▶ 43:39 Maya Jamaleddine: Second, We have a motion to recommend, uh, made by, uh, Councillor Hamilton, seconded by Councillor Romanul on discussion. Seeing none. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay. This motion also carries, uh, last one for the police department is, uh, ID number 12, uh, 21 7 FY 2025. State 9 1 1 s and I grant. And