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File #: 24-0772    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 5/17/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/23/2024 Final action: 6/28/2024
Enactment date: 6/27/2024 Enactment #: 217343
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $60,067 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for the traffic safety program.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Police
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. FFY24 MRS Final Application - Attachment A
Related files: 24-0965, 24-1001

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $60,067 grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for the traffic safety program.

 

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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 $60,067 from 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 engagement with all road users to provide public education and change dangerous driving behavior. An informational memorandum is attached for your consideration.

 

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