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File #: 24-0956    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 6/20/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/27/2024 Final action: 6/28/2024
Enactment date: 6/27/2024 Enactment #: 217370
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend an $8,500 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for the Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) Program.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Fire
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Fire Sharp_20240620_135833

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend an $8,500 grant with no new match required, from the Department of Fire Services to the Fire Department for the Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) Program.

 

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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 $8500.00 from Dept. of Fire Services to the Fire 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 education of school students on the risks of fire and other life safety hazards.

 

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