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File #: 25-0016    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 12/19/2024 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 1/9/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $109,296 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Fire Department for staffing costs.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Fire Sharp_20241219_154245

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $109,296 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Fire Department for staffing costs.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $109,296 from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security 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 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