Agenda Summary
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Requesting acceptance of, and approval to expend, a $75,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for Special Response Team expenditures and overtime.
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To the Honorable City Council:
The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $75,000 from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management 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 overtime and backfill and for response equipment for the Somerville Response Team.
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