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Council approves bookmobile, rescue squad and highway-safety grants, and CDBG reprogramming
Summary
At its meeting the council approved authorization to accept donor funds for a bookmobile, accepted a Rescue Squad Assistance Fund grant with a city match, accepted two DMV highway-safety grants for speed and alcohol enforcement, and reprogrammed CDBG funds for a Pierce Street streetscape/tree lawn project.
Lynchburg City Council approved a package of routine and grant-related items, including authorization to accept donor-raised funds for a library bookmobile, acceptance of public-safety grants with required local matches, and the reallocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to complete a Pierce Street tree lawn project.
Friends of the Lynchburg Public Library have secured about $278,000 toward a $300,000 capital campaign to buy the city's first bookmobile, and the council approved treating the donations as a grant appropriation to purchase the vehicle. Library staff said the bookmobile will operate like a branch, serving all wards and visiting nursing homes, day cares, apartment complexes and under-resourced neighborhoods.
The council accepted a Virginia Office of EMS…
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