Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept, if Awarded, a Grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Safe and Secure Community
MEETING DATE: July 18, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Fire Department
CONTACT: Danny Kistner, Fire Chief
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The goal of the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation is to provide funding for life-saving equipment, disaster assistance and educational opportunities for first responders and public safety organizations.
* The McTown Klownz program provides an educational and entertaining clown program to schools within the MISD and during certain special events. Over 12,000 elementary students are estimated to have viewed the production during school year 2016-17.
* The program uses various large stage props and assorted equipment that are transported in a utility trailer. The trailer also serves as a make-shift dressing room. The current trailer is a 2003 model and will need to be upgraded in the near future. Further, there is no dedicated vehicle to pull the trailer and one must be secured in advance of any performance date.
* The McKinney Fire Department is requesting a Public Safety Foundation Grant in the amount of $108,175.25 from Firehouse Subs for the purchase of a 1-ton pick up truck and utility trailer for the highly regarded McTown Klownz fire prevention program.
* The vehicle can be used for other FD related tasks such as pulling the new ARFF Trainer and other FD trailers, and as a utility vehicle, when not in use with the McTown Klownz program.
* Fleet reports estimated annual maintenance for the vehicle to be $1,500 and fuel costs approximately $3,000 annually. Utility trailer maintenance is estimated at $500 annually.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* On October 1993, the founder of the McTown Klownz, Firefighter/Paramedic Brent Rollins, saw the need to educate children on fire safety, b...
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