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File #: 26-0169    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 2/4/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/12/2026 Final action: 3/17/2026
Enactment date: 3/12/2026 Enactment #: 220254
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $43,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for software.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Police
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. U23-3.2 Somerville Software Award Letter 1.28.26, 2. Blue Voice, 3. MF_Graykey_Product

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $43,000 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for software.

 

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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 $43,000 from the Boston Office of Emergency Management FY23 Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant to the Somerville 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 Blue Voice and GrayKey softwares.

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted,

Jake Wilson, Mayor