San Juan approves fire-department budget amendments tied to equipment awards; FEMA grant partially funded
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Summary
Commission authorized budget amendments to accept firefighting equipment awards and a FEMA/Homeland Security grant; the meeting record shows a large agenda amount read with unclear formatting and a separate award of $64,000 with a $5,000 local match requirement.
The San Juan Commission approved two budget-related items for the fire department during its Sept. 23 meeting.
Staff presented an agenda item authorizing the city manager to approve a budget amendment to increase the Fire Department's "other equipment" account (30-470.7957) for fiscal year 2025–26. The figure read in the agenda was garbled in the transcript (read as "7 76,733 and 40¢"); staff described the award as coming through a border zone program for equipment. The Fire Chief asked for approval so the department could proceed to accept the funding; commissioners approved the motion by voice vote.
Separately, the chief said the department applied for a FEMA/Homeland Security grant with an initial request of $240,000 and was awarded $64,000; the grant requires a local match of $5,000. "The initial submittal for the grant was 240,000, but we only got awarded 64," the chief said. Commissioners approved the budget amendment to accept the award and provide the match.
Meeting minutes show both motions carried by voice vote. The record does not include a detailed roll‑call tally or a breakdown of how the larger border-zone award would be spent; staff follow-up is expected to provide allocation details and to reconcile the agenda text formatting.
