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Salisbury Council accepts $25,000 Duke Energy grant to buy four drones for fire department

2563617 · January 21, 2025
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The City Council voted to accept a $25,000 environmental grant from the Duke Energy Foundation and amend the 2024–25 budget to appropriate the funds for four drones that the fire and police departments will use for searches, inspections and public-safety operations.

Salisbury City Council on Jan. 21 voted to accept a $25,000 environmental grant from the Duke Energy Foundation and adopt a budget ordinance amendment to appropriate the money for four drones to be used by the fire department and in coordination with police.

The money will be added to the fiscal year 2024–25 budget after a motion to adopt the amendment passed by voice vote. Fire Chief Bob Parnell told the council the departments had applied earlier and were notified this winter that the city had been named a grant…

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