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File #: 212589    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 10/4/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/28/2021 Final action: 10/28/2021
Enactment date: 10/28/2021 Enactment #: 212589
Title: Requesting acceptance of, and approval to expend, a $50,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for portable radios for first responders.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. U20-4.3 SOM Subscriber Units Award Letter 6.29.21

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Requesting acceptance of, and approval to expend, a $50,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for portable radios for first responders.

 

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To the Honorable Council:

 

I respectfully request that your Honorable Council accept and approve expending a grant of $50,000.00 from UASI-OEM 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  the Police portable radios.

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