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Regular Council Meeting Minutes
<br />10-18-10
<br />Page 10
<br />Motion to authorize expenditure in the amount of $4,890.00 to Highland Heights
<br />Fire Department for regional grant for firefighter training equipment (20% local
<br />match - payable first quarter of 2011).
<br />Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mrs. Cinco, made a motion to authorize expenditure in the amount of
<br />$4,890.00 to Highland Heights Fire Department for regional grant for firefighter training
<br />equipment (20% local match - payable first quarter of 2011).
<br />Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any discussion.
<br />Chief Mohr explained this was a grant that Highland Heights took the lead on. This is for actual
<br />firefighter training materials. This is physical equipment and computer equipment. The total
<br />amount of the grant is around $178,000. We are paying $4,800. Again, we are sharing with
<br />other communities in a regional approach to try and find these things.
<br />Dr. Parker asked, how much of that physically comes back to Mayfield Village, whether it be a
<br />computer, -
<br />Chief Mohr replied, we're getting three computers, two laptops and a desktop and we are also
<br />getting a projector that we can use to project. We are also getting all of the software and
<br />equipment so we will have 1/7th of the software. It's a software-driven program for training
<br />using the internet, so it's like CME's for continuing education where you can bring it up on the
<br />screen, train people for scenarios, different types of exposure, for example in a house fire setting
<br />when you pull up on the scene, if you're looking at the smoke, what does the smoke tell you?
<br />You read the smoke. Whether or not you go into the house or you use ventilation or other
<br />techniques. It's that type of equipment and training materials. It's DVD's, educational
<br />materials.
<br />Dr. Parker asked, was this the same thing we had discussed a number of months ago?
<br />Chief Mohr replied, no.
<br />Dr. Parker asked, this is different than the training exams given by that other company or
<br />whatever, so my question is, how much is the total again? Chief Mohr replied, $178,000.
<br />Dr. Parker asked, $178,000? Chief Mohr replied, correct.
<br />Dr. Parker asked, and of that, we're paying $4,500? Chief Mohr replied, no, $4,890.
<br />Dr. Parker replied, okay, $4,890, not $5,000, okay. And, how much of that $178,000 was
<br />coming, do we compute two laptops -? Chief Mohr replied, 80% of the cost is picked up by
<br />FEMA, Federal Emergency Management. 20% comes from the County, so you take that
<br />$178,000 and divide it by 20% and then 20% of that is picked up by the seven communities.
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