GRANT-2025-14 : Acceptance of the FY25 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant awarded to the Melrose Fire Department by The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Fire Services, in the amount of $4,282.02.

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▶ 30:20 Mark Garipay: Public comment is now closed. Okay. Onto, we got a lengthy agenda tonight, but we're gonna move right along to grants id. 1 2 6 3 3. The acceptance of FY 25 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant. Grant awarded to the Melrose Fire Department by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Fire Services in the amount of $4,282 and 2 cents. And we have Chief White here with us. F Chief.

▶ 30:52 Speaker 5: Good evening. Um, fire Department's been awarded a $4,282 funding and a grant for Office of Public Safety and Security Department of Fire Services. With these funds, we intend to purchase two SCBA. Those are self-contained breathing, apparat, the masks, and three thermal imaging cameras. And these are the portable ones that, um, that each person wears on with their SCBA, um, to help them inside a smoke field environment. Um, that will outfit the rest of our, most of our positions have them, but this will not outfit positions. The last positions on engine two, engine three and the ladder truck.

▶ 31:37 Speaker 5: Um, and with that, we would like to, uh, hopefully get this grant ran in and, uh, purchase these things. Uh, counselor Williams. Williams.

▶ 31:48 Mark Garipay: Sorry, it's been a long week. I'm sorry. I apologize. Alright.

▶ 31:52 Speaker 6: We'll be working together for four years.

▶ 31:54 Speaker 7: You might be reminding me of my name by the end of the,

▶ 31:57 Ryan Williams: Um, I would like to make a motion to, uh, send this to the full board. Second. Second. Yeah.

▶ 32:03 Mark Garipay: We have a motion to send this to the full board, uh, by Councilor Williams. Second by Council Hamilton threw me off, uh, on discussion.

▶ 32:15 Robb Stewart: Point of clarification as recommended, right? What's that? As recommended? Correct. Sorry.

▶ 32:18 Mark Garipay: As recommended. Thank you. Thank you. We have a motion to send this to the full board as, uh, recommended by Council Williams, seconded by Council Ham Hamilton on discussion.

▶ 32:30 Speaker 5: All in favor? A Aye, aye.

▶ 32:34 Mark Garipay: Uh, opposed? Actually, roll call. I was just gonna say, yeah. Roll call please.

▶ 32:43 Speaker 1: Vice Chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Occhio? Yes. Councilor Hamilton? Yes. Counselor Karen Chetty. Yes. Cremsky? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. Present re Yes. Chair Garipay? Yes. Motion passes.

▶ 32:58 Mark Garipay: I will get recommended to the full council. Thank you, chief. I think that's all we have for you. Thank you folks. Thank you. Enjoy your night. Have a nice night. Thank You. Next up we have order id. 1, 2, 6, 1 0. The City council authorized the mayor to enter into an, excuse me, inter municipal agreement with Malden, Medford, Wakefield, Winchester, and Stoneham as part of the Commonwealth's Public Health Excellence for Shared Services grant initiative. We have, um, Anthony Chu in front of us tonight.