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Finance committee approves moving grant funds to police for Adopt-a-Community, backs placeholder for speed cameras
Summary
The Annapolis Finance Committee recommended moving grant funding and a staff position for Adopt-a-Community and the Downtown Ambassador program into the police budget, and approved a placeholder to fund additional speed cameras pending cost details from the department.
The Finance Standing Committee voted May 8 to recommend that the city allocate money for two community public-safety programs to the Annapolis Police Department and to reserve funding to expand speed-camera enforcement pending cost estimates.
Committee members instructed staff to include $200,000 in grant funding for the Adopt-a-Community program, $100,000 for a Downtown Annapolis Ambassador program, and funds for one staff person to manage the programs, with the expectation those amounts would come from currently budgeted but unfilled sworn-officer positions in the police department. The committee recorded a motion recommending inclusion of the programs in the police budget and moved the item forward to the…
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