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File #: 209698    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 1/31/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/13/2020 Final action: 3/12/2020
Enactment date: 2/13/2020 Enactment #: 209698
Title: Requesting acceptance of a $20,279.78 grant that requires a match, from the Bureau of Justice Assistance Bulletproof Vest Partnership to the Police Department for bulletproof vests.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. BVP award amount, 2. FW Bulletproof Vest Partnership 2019 Award Announcement

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Requesting acceptance of a $20,279.78 grant that requires a match, from the Bureau of Justice Assistance Bulletproof Vest Partnership to the Police Department for bulletproof vests.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I respectfully request that your Honorable City Council accept a grant of $20,279.78 from BJA-BVP  to the Police Department, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant requires some level of matching funds from the city. The purpose of this grant is to pay for cost of purchasing bulletproof vest.

 

My staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank your for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor