SomervilleMeetings

22-1667 Mayor's Request Approved

Requesting approval to accept and expend a $200,000 grant with no new match required, from the City of Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for First Responder portable radios.

From
Police
Introduced
Oct 6, 2022
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
214479
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History

  1. Oct 27, 2022
    City Council Mayoral Approval
  2. Oct 25, 2022
    City Council Approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 6.A.14.
  3. Oct 20, 2022
    Finance Recommended to be approved · roll call: fail Meeting agenda, item 1.
  4. Oct 13, 2022
    City Council Referred for recommendation · roll call: pass

    Finance Committee

    Meeting agenda, item 7.17.

Official text

To the Honorable City Council: The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $200,000.00 from 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 12 dual-band portable radio units for the Fire Department and 11 dual-band portable radios for the Police Department. 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