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File #: 23-0190    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 2/1/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/9/2023 Final action: 4/20/2023
Enactment date: 4/13/2023 Enactment #: 215242
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $79,500 grant with no new match required, from the MA Executive Office of Public Safety to the Police Department for staffing costs.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Police
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. FY23 Mass Municipal Grant SPD, 2. Certified Copy

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $79,500 grant with no new match required, from the MA Executive Office of Public Safety to the Police Department for staffing costs.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $79,500 from MA Executive Office of Public Safety 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 staffing costs.

 

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