City of St. Clairsville

Resolution Number 2022-45

Posted on November 8th, 2022 by

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 1That 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 2That 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 4That 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 5That 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.

Resolution Number 2022-45