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File #: 25-0848    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/23/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/8/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $38,500 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for Special Response Team equipment.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Somerville FY23 Equipment Award Letter 3.25.25
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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $38,500 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for Special Response Team equipment.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $38,500 from Boston Office of Emergency Management 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 Special Response Team Equipment.

 

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