2023-03 - SCBA Mask Fit Testing Unit

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Baker, B�illock, Kepple, Litten, Shachner RESOLUTION NO.2023-03 A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Director of Finance to donate a Portacount 8030 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) mask fit testing unit ("Portacount") to the Westshore Technical Rescue Team for use as a trade-in unit to purchase a new SBCA Mask Fit Testing unit for regional use. WHEREAS, all firefighters with facial hair are required to be fit tested annually for their SCBA masks to ensure a proper fit for their safety; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood owns a Portacount that is becoming obsolete and will need to be replaced; and WHEREAS, Lakewood's SCBA fit testing unit is regularly used by other west - shore fire departments for mask fit testing for their firefighters; and WHEREAS, annually, Lakewood projects to spend more than $6,000 prior to the Portacount becoming obsolete in supplies and calibration of the equipment; and WHEREAS, Lakewood is estimating that trading the Portacount in now, prior to it becoming obsolete, would be an expense to the City of approximately $14,500; and WHEREAS, the Westshore Technical Rescue Team, comprised of west -side suburban fire departments, anticipates receiving a grant from Cuyahoga County to fund the purchase of a SCBA mask fit testing unit for regional use; and WHERAS, Lakewood could partially offset the cost of a regional unit by donating the Portacount to the Westshore Technical Rescue Team, as the new unit will be available to the City and all other participating west -shore communities; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two-thirds of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that it is in the best interest of the City to donate the equipment to facilitate the acquisition of new equipment that will be available to the City; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: