Resolution Number 2022-45
RESOLUTION 2022-45
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT
AN APPLICATION TO THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S
EMERGENCY GENERATOR EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANT
FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR FOR THE CITY’S
WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the City of St. Clairsville’s Water Treatment Plant desires to replace its current 40 year old mobile emergency generator by purchasing a new permanent emergency generator to be installed at the City’s Water Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to look at alternative funding sources to help finance the costs involved with the acquisition of a new permanent emergency generator for the City’s Water Treatment Plant;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO:
SECTION 1: That the Public Service Director is authorized and directed to submit a grant application to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Emergency Generator Equipment Grant program for the purchase of a new permanent emergency generator for the City’s Water Treatment Plant and is authorized to enter into any contracts required.
SECTION 2: That the Public Service Director is authorized and directed to sign all documents required by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Emergency Generator Equipment Grant application.
SECTION 3: That the purchase of a new permanent generator for use at the City’s Water Treatment Plant is a high priority project for the City as the same will promote and enhance the health, safety and public welfare of the citizens of the City of St. Clairsville.
SECTION 4: That this Resolution is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, welfare, and safety of the residents of the City of St. Clairsville and, further, the application to be filed with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Emergency Generator Equipment Grant program is due on November 21, 2022.
SECTION 5: That this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by the Charter of the City of St. Clairsville, Ohio.
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PASSED at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of St. Clairsville on this 7th day of November, 2022, by the affirmative vote of 7 members of the Council.