Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-543-R3

3rd Redraft EDU 543

Trips for Kids

Mr. Montigny moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7061-9611, by adding at the end thereof the following:- “provided further that no less than $60,000 shall be expended for the construction of a children’s community playground at the Alfred J. Gomes Elementary School in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that no less than $25,000 shall be expended for a 1-time grant program to be administered by Southcoast Health System, Inc. for the purchase of automated external defibrillators, with possible applicants to include municipalities, school districts, including regional school districts, and non-profit organizations located in the city of New Bedford for use in schools, youth sports facilities, and other youth centers that serve financially disadvantaged children; provided further, that local matching funds may be provided through the municipality or school district by local appropriation or through donations from non-profit organizations or individual, corporate, or foundation gifts; and provided further that such a grant program shall be designated the Sean Patrick Toomey Memorial Grant”; and in said item, by striking out the figures "1,790,109" and inserting in place thereof the figures "1,875,109"