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ORDER-2016-93 : Acceptance of FY15 Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $6,460.00 - Fund # 2467
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ORDER-2016-93 Establishment of Fund Acceptance of FY15 Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $6,460.00 - Fund # 2467 Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen
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▶ 10:57 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: The first order this evening is order number 2016-93. It's the acceptance of an FY15 Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $6,460, fund number 2467.
▶ 11:13 Speaker 9: Motion to suspend the rules?
▶ 11:14 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: We have a motion to suspend the rules. All in favor? Aye. Thank you. Opposed? we have the chief leary with us this evening to speak on this order chief would you like to come forward and just go over your memo please good evening thank you for joining us
▶ 11:31 Speaker 10: so this is regarding the uh fy 15 emergency management performance grant the total amount is 6460 and this will allow the fight department to upgrade our radio system to to attach to the current fiber lines that are there now and stop leasing lines from Verizon. This will increase our performance. We've had some issues with poor reception and having to go to our backup radio. And in addition, all the receiver sites for police and fire will be fine tuned for optimal performance.
▶ 12:09 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Thank you. I see Alderman Inferno from the committee has a question.
▶ 12:13 Gail Infurna: you very much good evening chief um this six thousand plus um money for the it's a grant will any other funds be needed um out of the no the match is the emergency management um
▶ 12:23 Speaker 10: fund the emergency management um salaries in on budget so the the work will be done for the six
▶ 12:32 Gail Infurna: thousand four hundred something and it's um okay very good thank you motion to recommend second
▶ 12:40 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: And we have a motion to recommend, seconded by Alderman Rozelle, seconded by Alderman Lemmerman. I do have, if the committee will indulge me, one question. Chief, is the fire department paying for access through Verizon? Will this save you any money?
▶ 12:54 Speaker 10: Yeah, that's handled through IT, and there will be a monthly savings that we won't be paying for the lines anymore.
▶ 13:01 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: And your feeling is that it will be more reliable as well? Yes, definitely. Okay, great. Anyone else from the committee? anyone from outside the committee so we have a motion made and duly seconded all in favor aye opposed this order will be recommended to the full board for next
▶ 13:23 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: week very much thank you our second order this evening is two zero one six dash one zero two so the appointment of Gregory s Sampson from 30 Morgan Street to the Planning Board for a five-year term said year term to expire on the last day of february 2018. we're already under suspension of the rules so mr samson would you like to come forward please and introduce yourself good evening i'm greg sampson of