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KENAI
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3408-2024
Sponsored by: Administration
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING A STATE OF ALASKA CODE BLUE FISCAL
YEAR 2025 GRANT PASSED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN REGION EMS COUNCIL, INC. TO
PURCHASE TWO VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPES.
WHEREAS, the Fire Department has been awarded a Code Blue FY25 Grant from Sothern Region EMS
Council Inc. to purchase two video laryngoscopes; and,
WHEREAS, the cost to purchase these lifesaving advanced airway devices is $7,398, for which the Fire
Department will provide a local match of $739.80; and,
WHEREAS, the Fire Department will use funds currently appropriated to meet the required match: and.
WHEREAS, appropriation of this grant for advanced medical care is in the best interest of the City to
accept grant funding to purchase this equipment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $6,658.20 from the
State of Alaska, passed through the Southern Region EMS Council, Inc. for two video laryngoscopes.
Section 2. That estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows:
General Fund:
Increase Estimated Revenues —
State Grants — Fire �2Q
Increase Appropriations —
Fire — Small Tools/Minor Equipment
Section 3. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall
be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in all controversy in
which this judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder
of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even without such part, provision, or
application.
Section 4. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(f), this ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon enactment.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, THIS 17T" DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
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Introduced: April 3, 2024
Enacted: April 17, 2024
Effective: April 17. 2024
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City of Kenai 1 210 Fidalgo Ave, Kenai, AK 99611-7794 1 907.283.7535 1 wwwIenaisity
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
THROUGH: Terry Eubank, City Manager
FROM: Tony Prior, Fire Chief
DATE: April 11, 2023
SUBJECT: Ordinance 3408-2024 Code Blue FY25 Grant
The Department received notification that its submittal for 2 video laryngoscopes, totaling
$7,398.00 to the Code Blue FY25 grant program was approved. This grant is part of the
Governor's Capital Equipment Bill, passed through the State of Alaska, Southern Region EMS
Council to us. This equipment will give us the ability to perform life saving intubations in a safer
manner and to continue to provide top quality emergency medical treatment to our patients.
There is a matching requirement of this grant in the amount of $739.80, with the State Grant
providing $6,658.20 of the total cost for the equipment. Sufficient funds have been budgeted to
meet the matching grant requirement and it is in the best interest of the City to accept this
equipment from Southern Region EMS Council.
Your consideration is appreciated.
March 5, 2024
John Harris
City of Kenai Fire Department
105 S. willow St.
Kenai, AK 9%11
RE: Code Blue FY25
Dear John,
The Code Blue FY25 equipment request submitted by your agency for consideration has gone through a
rigorous review process. There have been multiple review steps along the way, which include Southern Region staff,
Board of Directors Equipment Review Committee, the Southern Region Board of Directors, and finally the Statewide
Code Blue Steering Committee. During these steps, items have been considered based on many dstablished criteria,
including whether they are essential EMS equipment as defined is the statewide ode Blue manual (e.g., items for
patient caro4 ransport, EMS education, etc.), whether they meet minimum criteria, reasonableness of the request,
application to the community setting, documentation ofneed, costs, how they fit into regional anci, statewide priorities,
medical direction, and a host of others. In addition, that are always more requests than can ultimately be fimded, so
some simply do not make the list or their fimding is capped.
The portion of funding we receive from the State via the Governor's Capital Equipment bill is currently
pending in the legislative process. Once we have been notified, we will be contacting you to see if you still need the
items and if you still have the community match available.
If your item is listed below as Approved, your projects) are on the State Code Blue Equipment list and pending grant
processes. If it is Changed, it was altered within the review process and an explanation will be detailed below. if it is
listed as Not Funded, it will not be considered in this Code Blue phase and an explanation will be detailed below.
Item I Status I Local Match* I STATE I Unmet*
Video Laryngoscope I Approved $739.80 $6,658.20 $0
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Total
$7,398.00 i
*Your service is responsible for both the local match and any unmet funds.
** The Statewide Code Blue Steering Committee moved all requests for Narcotic Safe into the "Other" funding
category which is lower on the funding scale. The Funding categories in order or priority are: I - Patient Care, 2 - Training
Equipment, 3 - Transportation, 4 - Communications, 5 - Other per the Code Blue Program Manual. All available funding was
allocated in categories I - 3 which means no State funding was available for projects in the "Other" category.
Thank you for all you do for EMS in Alaska. At Southern Region, we are working hard to support
you in every way that we can.
Sincerely,
Michael M. Forcier, CEO