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File #: 25-1621    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 10/27/2025 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 11/13/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend an $87,450 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Office of Grants & Research to the Police Department for public safety staffing.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Somerville PD Executed Contract, 2. Somerville_Police_FY26_Muni_Public_Safety_Staffing_Application FINAL 08.04.25

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend an $87,450 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Office of Grants & Research to the Police Department for public safety staffing.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $87,450 from Massachusetts Office of Grants & Research to the Somerville Police 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 overtime for staffing shortfalls.

 

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