Finance committee accepts two grants, including Byron Justice Assistance funds, and amends project budgets

The Waterloo City Council Finance Committee approved two budget amendments to accept grant funding and amend project budgets. The committee moved to accept a Safe Neighborhoods grant of $62,536 for the police department and to accept Byron Justice Assistance Grant funds passed through the state of Iowa. Under the Byron Justice Assistance Grant proposal, the transcript records $212,841.12 to be used by the City of Waterloo and $89,040 to be used by other agencies; the committee adopted the project budget as submitted by the police department. Both budget amendments were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote, with no roll-call tally recorded in the meeting transcript. The committee did not provide further detail on the specific allowable uses, grant terms, or the identities of the partner agencies receiving the $89,040 in the meeting record.