At the June 12, 2018, meeting of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) Board of Directors, the Board authorized and approved the Fire Chief, or designee, to apply for and accept grant funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for the purchase and installation of emergency generators. On March 2, 2020, the District was awarded grant funding in the amount of $461,220 for the installation of emergency generators at Fire Station 2 in Pleasant Hill and Fire Station 81 in Antioch. The projects were delayed due to COVID. The District returned to the Board in March 2022 to award the construction contract. The projects are currently underway. This action authorizes federal reimbursements totaling approximately $70,500 received in fiscal year 2021-22 and appropriates them to the designated capital project expenditure codes for the projects.
The District will not have adequate budget appropriations to cover FY 2021-22 capital project expenditures.