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Finance committee recommends three public-safety and recovery grants to full council
Summary
The Lynchburg Finance Committee voted to recommend three grants — an Edward Byrne JAG award, a Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation grant and a Virginia State Opioid Response grant — to the full Lynchburg City Council for final action.
The Lynchburg City Council finance committee on March 25 recommended three grant items to the full council: an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award, a Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation grant application and a Virginia State Opioid Response grant allocation for the Lynchburg Adult Recovery Court.
The grants are largely non‑matching awards intended to supplement public safety and recovery programs. The committee took separate motions on each item and recorded affirmative recommendations to send all three to the council for final approval.
The Byrne JAG award totals $36,705. According to the committee presentation, $31,070 would be used by the Lynchburg Police Department to buy computers and memory upgrades; the Lynchburg Sheriff’s Office would receive $3,795 to replace a Toshiba document output and…
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