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Ways and Means committee authorizes Sheriff to apply for $286,626 state public‑safety grant
Summary
Committee authorized Sheriff Scott Cirello to apply for the NYS Homeland Security & Emergency Services Combined Public Safety Answering Point Operations Grant; county's share if awarded would be $286,626. Motion carried by voice vote.
The Allegany County Ways and Means Committee on June 17 approved a motion authorizing the sheriff’s office to apply for a New York State Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Combined Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Operations Grant.
A committee member presented the referral noting Sheriff Scott Cirello’s request for authorization to submit the application. Committee materials stated the county’s share, if awarded, would be $286,626. After brief remarks about the origin of the funding stream, a member moved the application authorization and it was seconded; the committee approved the motion by voice vote.
Committee members noted that the grant funding originally derives from shared cellular revenues distributed by the state and that the grant is a welcomed source of public‑safety operations funding. No roll‑call vote or named vote tally was recorded in the transcript; the motion was approved by voice vote.
Next steps: staff will proceed with application submission per the committee’s authorization. The committee did not take any additional, separate appropriation action related to the grant during this meeting.
