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File #: 25-1801    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 12/4/2025 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 12/11/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $65,000 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for the Municipal Road Safety Program.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. FFY2026 MRS Application - Somerville Police Department, 2. Somerville Executed Contract, 3. Somerville Police Department GADN Letter, 4. Mayor Sharp_20251020_125553, 5. FY26 MRS Budget - Somerville

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $65,000 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for the Municipal Road Safety Program.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $65,000  from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, Office of Grants and 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 for overtime for Traffic Safety Enforcement Campaigns, overtime for Pedestrian & Bicyclist Enforcement Campaigns, and funds for safety items as well as community awareness, outreach and educational activities.

 

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