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2024-128 · GRANT · 2024

An Order to authorize the Mayor to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $29,640.00 from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Office of Grants and Research FY25 Municipal Road Safety (MRS) Grant Program.

This ordinance authorizes the Mayor to accept a $29,640 grant to support the Municipal Road Safety Program. It funds expanded traffic enforcement by the Amesbury Police Department, focusing on distracted driving, impairment, and speeding, through September 15, 2025.

approved CITYWIDE
  1. STEP 1
    Submitted
    OCT 08 2024
  2. STEP 2 · CURRENT
    Approved
    OCT 22 2024
AI summary · plain-language

The City Council authorizes the Mayor to accept and expend a $29,640 grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security's Office of Grants and Research for the FY25 Municipal Road Safety Grant Program. The grant will fund traffic enforcement by the Amesbury Police Department, increasing hours dedicated to targeted enforcement in areas with high incidents of distracted driving, impaired driving, and speeding. The funds are provided on a cost-reimbursement basis with a project end date of September 15, 2025, and the Mayor is authorized to execute necessary documents to implement the grant.

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Key provisions

§1 Accepts and expends a $29,640 Municipal Road Safety Grant from EOPSS FY25 MRS Grant Program.
§2 Funds will be used by the Amesbury Police Department to increase hours for traffic enforcement.
§3 Grant is a cost-reimbursement program with an end date of September 15, 2025; costs are eligible for reimbursement.
§4 Mayor is authorized to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the grant.

Discussed at meetings

City CouncilCity Council MeetingOctober 22, 2024
approve2024-128
Councilor Stanganelli moved to approve 2024-128 as presented.
MOVED BY COUNCILOR STANGANELLI · SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FREDERIQUE · VOTE: PASSED UNANIMOUSLY VIA ROLL CALL (7-0)
2024-128Grant Acceptance — MRS Grant (2024-128)
City CouncilBudget and Finance Subcommittee MeetingOctober 15, 2024
2024-1282024-128
City CouncilCity Council MeetingOctober 8, 2024
refer2024-128
Refer 2024-128 to the Budget and Finance Committee with a second reading on October 22.
MOVED BY COUNCILOR GILDAY · SECONDED BY COUNCILOR STANGANELLI · VOTE: APPROVED 7-0
2024-128Accept/Expend MRS Grant - $29,640 (2024-128)