The Fire Chief may accept gifts and grants of smoke alarms, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide alarms, and batteries for those devices, and monies to conduct a program to provide smoke alarms, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide alarms and batteries for those devices free of charge to residents of the City that report that they cannot afford them, and to install or arrange for the installation of smoke alarms, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide alarms free of charge to residents that require such assistance or to abate a nuisance under this chapter. The Director of Public Safety is authorized to enter into standard purchase or requirement contracts under these Codified Ordinances to purchase smoke alarms, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide alarms, and batteries for those devices to conduct the program. The funding source for such contracts shall include any monies annually appropriated for this purpose, any monies accepted pursuant to this chapter, which are appropriated for this purpose, and block grant and other grant monies as available.
(Ord. No. 1528-15. Passed 5-9-16, eff. 5-10-16)