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File #: 210946    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 11/17/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/24/2020 Final action: 12/17/2020
Enactment date: 11/24/2020 Enactment #: 210946
Title: Requesting acceptance of a $75,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for expenditures and backfill/overtime for the Special Response Team.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. UASI-SRT $75,000.00 award letter

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Requesting acceptance of a $75,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for expenditures and  backfill/overtime for the Special Response Team.

 

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To the Honorable Council:

 

I respectfully request that your Honorable Council accept a grant of $75,000.00 from UASI-OEM 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  the Police SRT expenditures and up to fifty percent in backfill and overtime.

 

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