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File #: 24-1260    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 9/6/2024 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 10/24/2024 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $171,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for a Special Response Team rescue vehicle.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. UASI CFDA 97.067 FFY23 SRT Rescue Vehicle, 2. SRT Rescue Vehicle Policy, 3. Ford-Transit-RescueVan-01

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $171,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for a Special Response Team rescue vehicle.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $171,000  from  City of Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management 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 a SRT Rescue Vehicle with Ballistic Protection.

 

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