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File #: 208168    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 5/5/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/9/2019 Final action: 5/9/2019
Enactment date: 5/9/2019 Enactment #: 208168
Title: Requesting acceptance of an $8,000 grant with no new match required, from the MA Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Somerville Award Letter $8,000.00, 2. Somerville Contract-Signed 5-1-19

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Requesting acceptance of an $8,000 grant with no new match required, from the MA Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I respectfully request that your Honorable City Council accept a grant of $8,000.00 from EOPSS to the 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 for pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement.

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor