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Section 2. That the approved fire control, prevention, and <br /> emergency medical services plan is designed to enhance public <br /> safety in the City of La Porte and specifies methods for annually <br /> evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the individual fire <br /> control, prevention, and emergency medical services strategies <br /> identified in the plan. Those strategies to be supported by the <br /> District include funding for a Safety /Training Officer for the <br /> essential training of the members of the City's Fire Department <br /> and new fire response and technology equipment. The plan also <br /> provides for an emergency medical services technology and capital <br /> equipment program to replace the aging vehicle fleet on a <br /> systematic basis thereby decreasing down -time and increasing <br /> response reliability and to replace mission critical medical <br /> devices in order to perform accurate and timely diagnosis and <br /> treatment. The approved plan will provide funding for personnel <br /> to attend training classes and seminars, and to keep the fire <br /> training facility functioning to insure the development of future <br /> fire fighters. <br /> Section 3. That the approved budget plan provides the <br /> necessary resources to further the purposes of the approved fire <br /> control, prevention, and emergency medical services plan. <br /> Specifically, the budget plan allows for a one - fourth of one <br /> percent (0.25 %) sales and use tax on retail items for an initial <br /> five (5)year period. The budget plan for the first two (2) years <br /> is summarized as follows: <br /> 2 <br />