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File #: 25-0284    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved, Awaiting Mayoral Review
File created: 2/18/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/27/2025 Final action: 3/13/2025
Enactment date: 3/13/2025 Enactment #: 218535
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend an $87,450 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to the Police Department for staffing.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Somerville Police GOV Letter, 2. Somerville Police OGR Letter, 3. FY25 Mass Municipal Grant Signed Contract

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend an $87,450 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to the Police Department for staffing.

 

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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 $87,450.00 from the Massachusetts Municipal Public Safety Staffing Program to the Somerville 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 in eligible municipalities to maintain public safety and emergency response services.

 

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