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State representative presents checks to Hoover police and fire for AEDs and training equipment
Summary
Alabama state Representative Lee Halsey presented checks to Hoover public safety, totaling about $19,243.40, to buy AEDs for police and training equipment for firefighters.
State Representative Lee Halsey presented checks to Hoover public safety officials during the council meeting on May 20 to fund automatic external defibrillators for the police department and training equipment for the fire department.
Halsey said she represents Hoover in the state legislature and brought “a couple checks” for the city: $9,347.50 for the Hoover Police Department to purchase AEDs, and $9,895.90 for training equipment for the Hoover Fire Department. Halsey asked that the chiefs and the mayor come forward for photographs after the presentation.
Halsey said she was honored to serve Hoover and that bringing these funds was a pleasure; the presentation took place during the ceremonial portion of the meeting before council business. City officials on the dais accepted the gifts and posed for photographs; no council action was required to accept the checks.
The meeting record does not identify whether the funds are state grants, discretionary allocations from the representative’s accounts, or another funding source; Halsey described them as checks she brought to the meeting. The council took no further action on the record related to these funds at the meeting.
