City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 23-0668

• File #: 23-0668
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/24/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 4/27/2023
• Final action: 5/17/2023
• Enactment date: 5/11/2023
• Enactment #: 215428
• Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $65,040 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for the traffic safety program.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Police
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/17/2023	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
5/11/2023	1	City Council	Approved
5/9/2023	1	Finance	Recommended to be approved	Pass
4/27/2023	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $65,040 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for the traffic safety 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 $65,040.00 from EOPSS 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 Traffic Enforcement Education, Traffic Enforcement Equipment, Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Enforcement, Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Items, Non-Enforcement Safety 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