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Essex County approves multiple grants and contract packages totaling millions, including senior services, body‑worn cameras and safe‑streets funding
Summary
The board approved a package of budget insertions and contract awards that include a $5.38 million senior services area plan, a $400,000 body‑worn camera grant (with a $400,000 county match), a $400,000 Safe Streets grant (with $100,000 in‑kind match), and several public works and parks contracts.
At its regular meeting the Essex County Board approved a broad set of budget insertions, grants and contract awards that fund senior services, public safety equipment and infrastructure projects.
County staff summarized the package items. The administration presented budget insertions (resolutions 21–27) that include $600,000 from the Zoological Society of New Jersey for the Turtleback Zoo (quarterly $150,000 payments); a $400,000 U.S. DOT Safe Streets and Roads grant for crash‑data analysis and improvements (county in‑kind match of $100,000); a $400,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety to fund 200 body‑worn cameras (county match $400,000) intended to bring the sheriff’s office and prosecutor investigative staff to full compliance; a $807,000 Workforce New…
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