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File #: 24-0189    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 2/14/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/22/2024 Final action: 3/20/2024
Enactment date: 3/14/2024 Enactment #: 216674
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $14,327.56 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for the purchase of firefighter safety equipment.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Fire
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. FY24 FF SAFETY EQUIP GRANT

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $14,327.56 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for the purchase of firefighter safety equipment.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $14,327.56 from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds.

 

The purpose of this grant is to pay for firefighting equipment needed for the new fire company which will be added due to the opening of the Assembly Sq. fire station.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor