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Stevensville approves $1,800 payment for grant writer to join multi‑agency FEMA radio application
Summary
The Town Council unanimously approved a $1,800 payment to a grant writer to join a multi‑agency FEMA Assistance to Firefighters grant application that would buy radios for local departments. Town staff said the grant, if awarded, would require a small local match and could provide 21 handheld radios for Stevensville.
The Stevensville Town Council approved a payment of $1,800 to Grandmasters Incorporated to cover the town’s share of a grant‑writer fee for a multi‑agency FEMA Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) radio equipment application.
Council members heard from Jeff, a town staff member who presented the request. “We’re in need of radio communication with the fire department, especially our handhelds,” Jeff said, describing frequency and bandwidth changes that have left the department’s handheld radios unable to communicate across some fire scenes. He said Stevensville joined a December application led by the rural fire district alongside Florence and other local departments.
Jeff told the council the full application seeks approximately 27 radios at an estimated retail…
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