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Committee to recommend acceptance of $25,600 Homeland Security grant for emergency management supplies
Summary
The finance committee laid on the table to recommend approval a $25,600 FEMA/Homeland Security grant (passed through MEMA) to Somerville’s Office of Emergency Management to buy supplies and training materials; the grant requires an in‑kind match of a portion of the director’s salary.
The Finance Committee agreed to recommend accepting and expending a $25,600 grant from Homeland Security (administered via MEMA/FEMA) to the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). Director Bill Fisher outlined planned uses of the money and said the award requires an in‑kind match: a portion of the director’s salary would be accounted for as local match.
Director Fisher said the grant is an annual allocation apportioned by population and will be used for emergency management supplies and resilience…
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