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Finance committee approves firefighter gear grant, recommends kinship navigator grant, continues drug-testing funding; reviews revenue update
Summary
The Lynchburg City Council Finance Committee on Aug. 26 approved a $96,281 Department of Fire Programs grant to buy 14 sets of turnout gear, recommended a $94,909 kinship navigator grant to the full council, approved the circuit court's statewide drug-testing grant continuation, and reviewed general fund reserves and monthly revenue collections.
The Lynchburg City Council Finance Committee on Aug. 26 approved or recommended several grant actions and received updates on contingency reserves and revenue collections.
Chief Wormser presented a grant application to the committee: "Before you today, is a grant application, to be finalized in the amount of $96,281 to purchase 14 sets of turnout gear for our firefighters. The this particular grant is a nonmatching grant," he said. The committee moved approval; a voice vote recorded "aye" and no opposing votes were noted in the transcript.
April Watson presented a Virginia Department of Social Services kinship navigator grant awarded to the city. "We were awarded this grant by the Virginia Department of Social Services in the amount of $94,909," Watson said. She said the funding will…
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