Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-936

EPS 936

Municipal Fire Department Staffing Grants

Mr. Finegold moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1599-0026, by inserting after the words “security in fiscal year 2022” the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $125,000 of the increase over fiscal year 2022 in funds appropriated for the grant program under this item shall be awarded to communities for staffing needs in their fire departments without impacting the communities’ eligibility to receive funding through the grant program for staffing needs in their police departments, provided that such a community: (A) had a population of less than 90,000 according to the 2020 census; (B) had a population that increased by more than ten percent between the 2010 and 2020 censuses; and (C) did not receive funding for their fire department through the grant program in fiscal year 2022”.