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Pittsfield accepts $1.915 million MEMA grant to fund emergency power upgrades at Berkshire Medical Center
Summary
The City of Pittsfield voted unanimously to accept a $1,915,089.30 Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency grant to fund emergency power upgrades at Berkshire Medical Center; the hospital will provide a required 10% match and administer the project.
Pittsfield City Council on March 25 approved acceptance of a $1,915,089.30 grant from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to fund emergency power upgrades at Berkshire Medical Center.
The vote authorizes the city to receive MEMA funds that FEMA directed to municipalities for emergency energy resiliency projects and obligates the hospital to provide a 10% match to the total project cost.
City staff and hospital officials said the work will strengthen the hospital’s ability to operate during extended power outages. Jim McGrath, the…
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