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Council authorizes procurement to buy and distribute carbon monoxide detectors via FEMA grant
Summary
An ordinance authorizing procurement and distribution of carbon monoxide detectors through a FEMA fire protection and safety grant passed 13-0; the measure permits a bid process for vendors and directs the fire department to distribute detectors.
The Akron City Council voted 13-0 to authorize the mayor or his designee to enter into contracts, after public advertising for bids, to purchase and distribute carbon monoxide detectors under a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fire Protection and Safety grant.
Councilman McKittrick said the ordinance will allow a bid process so vendors may be selected to supply detectors; the county/city fire prevention staff will distribute detectors to residents as part of the grant-funded program.
Nut graf: The ordinance authorizes procurement under a FEMA grant to purchase and distribute carbon monoxide detectors to improve fire safety; council suspended rules and recorded the item as having a favorable committee report prior to the unanimous vote.
The transcript shows the committee report was favorable, the council suspended the rules, and the ordinance was recorded as passing 13-0. The meeting did not include specific dollar amounts for the detector purchase in the excerpt provided.
