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Officials outline outreach, website and meetings for Community Partnership for Gun Safety grant
Summary
County officials said the Community Partnership for Gun Safety program will hold public education sessions and launch a website; a resident asked about meeting schedules and public access to materials.
Speakers at the July 16 meeting described early steps for the Community Partnership for Gun Safety program funded through state grants, including plans for public education sessions and a website to centralize information.
A resident, Theresa Pesch, asked about public meetings and educational sessions required by the grant and how residents would learn about them. A program representative said the partnership held a public meeting in May hosted by a local state representative, that a leadership committee meets monthly and that the group has been operating under the grant for seven to eight months. The representative said educational programming and informational sessions required by the grant will be scheduled at varying times, including some Saturdays, and will focus on safe storage and gun-safety education for households and facilities.
The representative said the partnership will be tied to the district attorney—s website and that the team is finalizing a public packet and a website with a contracted media group (Quantify Media). "Once that's all done and our public packet is ready to go... we'll release all those documents and we'll basically be ready to go with our website," the representative said. The meeting transcript referenced a website name under consideration as "Monroe County Gun Safety" and said the site would be linked on the DA—s pages; the representative also said the group plans outreach through other county pages and media.
A resident raised questions about grant scope and financial documents and asked for follow-up meetings with staff and with the contractor Tyler Technologies to review assessment and public-notification plans tied to other county work; the program representative agreed to produce materials and public information when ready.
Why it matters: The partnership directs state violence-prevention funds toward community education and outreach. Residents asked how the county will publish meeting schedules, educational materials and contractor information.
