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Council approves grant appropriations including EPA environmental-justice block grant
Summary
Council approved a package of budget amendments and grants after a combined public hearing, including acceptance of an EPA environmental and climate justice block grant (described in the presentation as $20,000,000) for Aberdeen Gardens and multiple public-safety grants and appropriations, all approved by roll call.
Council held a combined public hearing and approved several budget amendments to accept and appropriate outside grants that together exceeded the city's 1% threshold.
Deputy City Manager Brian DiProfio told the council the package included an EPA environmental and climate-justice block grant for Aberdeen Gardens (presented in the meeting as a $20,000,000 award, FAIN 953 a0079), the FY2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (presented as $2,000,000), a $42,427 grant for police equipment, a $150,000 urban-area security initiative grant for active-shooter/terrorism/bleeding-control training for the Hampton Roads region, and a grant described in staff remarks as an "11,843 thousand dollar grant" to support CERT training and supplies. DiProfio said none of these awards required a local match and that the EPA award alone pushed the aggregate amendments above the 1% threshold, triggering the advertised public hearing.
There were no speakers signed up on these items and the council voted to approve each resolution separately by roll call.
