REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of Mayor and City Manager
BY: KELLY TREVINO, Assistant Director
Economic Development Department
BILLY ALCORN, Fire Chief
Fire Department
KELLI FURTADO, Chief of Staff
Office of the Mayor
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 41st amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2024-122 to appropriate a charitable contribution of $500,000 from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to fund a small business grant program and the acquisition of chest compression devices for the Fire Department (Requires Five Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council adopt the 41st Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution 2024-122 to appropriate a charitable contribution in the amount of $500,000 received from Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) in Fiscal Year 2025.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 6, 2025, the Mayor's Office led efforts for the City to apply for a charitable donation in the amount of $500,000 from PG&E to fund two independent City of Fresno projects. With the approval of this charitable contribution, $400,000 will be used by the Economic Development Department to fund a Small Business Grant Program. Another $100,000 will be used to fund the purchase of five (5) chest compression devices by the Fire Department.
The Economic Development Department will leverage the $400,000 charitable donation with an additional $400,000 approved in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget for a total of $800,000 to provide grants to qualified small businesses.
BACKGROUND
FIRE DEPARTMENT: The Fire Department identified an operational need to purchase automated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) devices to further increase cardiac arrest survivability and place devices on medical squads. In combination with high performance CPR and the utilization of automated chest compression devices, the department has experienced a tremen...
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