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File #: 24-1727    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 12/9/2024 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 12/12/2024 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $295,463 grant with no new match required, from Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for 911 personnel costs.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. State 911 Department support grant

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $295,463 grant with no new match required, from Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for 911 personnel costs.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $295,463  from Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security 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 personnel costs related to 911 telecommunicators.

 

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