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Council creates capital line for $363,000 DASNY body-worn camera grant
Summary
Lackawanna's Police Department was awarded a $363,000 DASNY grant for a body-worn camera initiative; the council amended the 2024–25 budget to create the capital fund and transfer funds to the capital project (ordinance adopted 5–0).
Chief of Police Mark D. Packard asked the council to create a capital-fund line for a DASNY grant of $363,000 to purchase body-worn cameras and associated project costs. The council adopted an ordinance amending the 2024–25 budget to add H.2080.0620 "Body Worn Camera Initiative (DASNY)," transfer unappropriated fund balance to the capital fund, and allocate the grant funds; the ordinance took immediate effect.
The minutes state the city will be fully reimbursed by DASNY at project completion. Council carried the ordinance motion unanimously (5–0).
