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File #: 25-0299    Version: 1 Name: A Resolution to Appropriate and Memorialize Funds for the Purchasing and Installations of MacroAir Fan Systems for Fire Stations 1 and 3
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 6/9/2025 In control: Legal Department
On agenda: 6/16/2025 Final action: 6/16/2025
Title: A Resolution to Appropriate and Memorialize Funds for the Purchasing and Installations of MacroAir Fan Systems for Fire Stations 1 and 3
Attachments: 1. Chad-Brewer-Fire, 2. MacroAir Estimate

Title

A Resolution to Appropriate and Memorialize Funds for the Purchasing and Installations of MacroAir Fan Systems for Fire Stations 1 and 3

 

Summary

Description of Topic: (who, what, where, when, why and how much)

Request appropriating funds for the purchase and installation of a 14 foot MacroAir fan for the Fire Station 3 apparatus bay and to memorialize $8,541.00 for the installation of a MacroAir fan at Fire Station 1.  The Fire Department had to take immediate possession of the fan from the old Armory.  These fans aid in providing more efficient air movement especially during high outdoor temperatures.

 

Budgetary Impact:

   Non-Capital Item:

      ____ Budgeted under account #_______________ (discussion item)

      ____ Not budgeted, requesting transfer of $__________ from Account #______________ to Account #_____________.**Request to Transfer Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**

      ____ Not budgeted requiring increase to account #___________ in the amount of $____________.**Request to Increase Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**

 

   Capital - Departmental **Capital Purchase Worksheet form must be attached**

      ____ Budgeted under account #______________ for $_________ and described in budget as ________________________. Additional amount needed, if any: Increase in budget of  $_________ OR, transfer of $________ from Account #____________ to Account #_____________**Request to Increase OR Request toTransfer Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**

      ____ Not Budgeted - account #____________ requires budget increase of $_____________.**Request to Increase Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**

 

   Capital Project - **If requesting to start a project, a Capital Project Worksheet form must be attached**

      In current year Capital Projects Plan: 

        ___ Yes, described as Ventilation/Fan System for St. 1 and 3 Apparatus Bays_, planned amount $75,000.00_, requesting $20,000.00_ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #400-2020-5109.

        _____ No, requesting $___________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #____________________.

        _____ Yes, requesting an increase of $___________ to an already approved project titled ________________________ that is being tracked under Account No. ___________________.

        _____ No, requesting an increase of $__________ to an already approved project titled _______________________ that is being tracked under Account No. _________________.

 

Body

 

     WHEREAS, the need for more efficient air movement within confined spaces is necessary during high outdoor temperatures, and

 

     WHEREAS, Fire Stations 1 and 3 would greatly benefit from MacroAir fans that provide ample air movement for oversized confined spaces such as the apparatus bays, and

 

     WHEREAS, Fire Station 1 previously acquired the old Armory's MacroAir fan and had it installed in the apparatus bay and now want to purchase and install the same fan at Fire Station 3.

 

     NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foley, Alabama, as follows:

 

     SECTION 1:     Appropriates $20,000.00 to Account No. 400-2020-5109 for the Fire Department's Ventilation/Fan Systems for Stations 1 and 3 Apparatus Bays.

 

     SECTION 2:     Memorializes $8,541.00 for the installation of the old Armory's MacroAir fan system for Station 1.

 

     SECTION 3:     Approves the purchase and installation of a MacroAir fan for Fire Station 3 in the amount of $9,803.20 for Account No. 400-2020-5109.

 

     SECTION 4:     This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption as required by law.