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Jupiter council approves using CDBG funds to buy brush truck for Synquets-area fire station
Summary
The council approved use of Community Development Block Grant funds to purchase a brush truck and related equipment for the new Synquets (SynQuest) fire station to address public-safety needs and meet a federal expenditure deadline.
The Jupiter Town Council voted to approve use of Community Development Block Grant funds to buy a brush truck and related equipment for the new Synquets-area fire station and to outfit that station with protective gear.
The approval moves previously unspent CDBG money toward public-safety equipment after town staff said a federally mandated spending deadline left them with limited options. Satu Oksanen with Neighborhood Services told the council the town receives about $250,000–$300,000 annually through the CDBG program and that roughly $100,000 became available after design work for an unrelated project was completed in-house.
“CDBG is a federal grant, and we are lucky to receive about now $300,000 annually,” Oksanen said…
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