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Committee confronts funding cliff for 15 grant-funded public-safety positions; staff to issue RFP for referendum outreach
Summary
City staff told the finance committee that 15 public-safety positions added since 2021 are funded by time-limited grants and that the expiring SAFER grant creates a 2027 funding cliff.
City staff told the finance committee that 15 public-safety positions added since 2021 — including firefighters, a community-outreach specialist in police, and two downtown police officers — are currently funded with a mix of FEMA SAFER grant dollars, ARPA funding and one-time foundation and state receipts. Mary Anne said the total annual payroll for those 15 positions is just under $1.5 million and that the SAFER grant expires Feb. 6, leaving the city with a shortfall if no alternative funding is secured.
"The SAFER grant expires February 6," Mary Anne said, noting that under…
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