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Council approves grants and matching appropriations for speed enforcement, DUI enforcement and fire equipment
Summary
Council approved several grant-funded appropriations: $45,675 (speed enforcement equipment and activity), $21,105 (DUI enforcement activities/training) and $71,032 (Rescue Squad Assistance Fund grant for fire equipment) with required local matches documented by staff.
Lynchburg City Council approved three separate grant programs presented in finance committee and brought to general business:
- A speed enforcement grant totaling $45,675, including a $15,225 local match, to purchase radar/LiDAR equipment and fund enforcement activities.
- A DUI enforcement grant totaling $21,105 with a required $7,035 local match for training, equipment and enforcement activities.
- A Rescue Squad Assistance Fund grant appropriation totaling $71,032 (with a $35,516 local match) to purchase extension ramps for bariatric stretchers and a LifePak 35 cardiac monitor/defibrillator for the Fire Department.
Council members thanked public-safety staff for pursuing grants and noted each appropriation relies on a local match included in department operating budgets. The motions passed by recorded voice votes with tallies recorded on the transcript (motions passed with council majorities; absences noted).
