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Bridgeport Council approves five grant submissions for senior services, public health and library preservation
Summary
By unanimous voice vote, the council approved five consent-calendar grant submissions including Title III older Americans funding, a public-health gun-violence prevention grant, a Connecticut State Library preservation grant, an elderly Hispanic outreach program, and a DEP/NPS outdoor recreation grant.
The Bridgeport City Council approved five grant submissions on the consent calendar covering senior services, public health, historic preservation and outdoor recreation.
The clerk read the consent items (agenda numbers 82–86-24) into the record: a Title III Older Americans Act grant for Bridgeport Senior Center recreation activities; a Connecticut Department of Public Health grant proposal for a community approach to address gun violence; a Connecticut State Library FY2026 Target Grant for historic documents preservation; a Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging Title III elderly Hispanic outreach program; and a Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection/National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership grant. The grant application numbers were read into the record by the clerk.
Councilwoman Anita Martinez moved to approve the consent calendar items that had not been removed; Councilman Ortiz seconded. The council approved the consent items by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
The approved submissions direct staff to pursue listed grant applications; detailed award decisions and amounts will depend on grantor review and are not specified on the record.
