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Council approves multiple public-safety grants; council hears opioid-settlement appropriation at first reading
Summary
Council approved several small state and federal grants for police overtime and enforcement programs and heard a first reading to appropriate $250,000 of opioid settlement funds for an alternative response program; police staff said there are four drug recognition experts on staff.
The Independence City Council approved a series of grant-funded ordinances allocating federal and state funds to police enforcement programs, and the council considered a separate ordinance (first reading) to appropriate $250,000 in opioid settlement funds for an alternative community health response program.
On second reading the council approved multiple grant-acceptance ordinances, including a U.S. Department of Justice Byrne/JAG allocation (referenced on the agenda as item…
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