City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 23-1753

• File #: 23-1753
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/20/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/21/2023
• Final action: 12/21/2023
• Enactment date: 12/14/2023
• Enactment #: 216395
• Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $24,500 grant with no new match required, from the State 911 Department of Emergency Medical Dispatch to the Police Department for Emergency Medical Dispatch work with Cataldo Ambulance Service of Massachusetts.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Police
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/21/2023	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
12/14/2023	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
12/12/2023	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
11/21/2023	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

title

Requesting approval to accept and expend a $24,500 grant with no new match required, from the State 911 Department of Emergency Medical Dispatch to the Police Department for Emergency Medical Dispatch work with Cataldo Ambulance Service of Massachusetts.

body

Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $24,500.00 from  the State 911 Department of Emergency Medical Dispatch Grant Program 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 Emergency Medical Dispatch work with Cataldo Ambulance Service of Massachusetts.

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