File #: RS2024-790    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/3/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 10/15/2024 Final action: 10/15/2024
Title: A resolution approving a Letter of Acceptance for 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funds by the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency for Homeland Security District 5.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Erin Evans, Tasha Ellis
Attachments: 1. Grant Letter Exhibit
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A resolution approving a Letter of Acceptance for 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funds by the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency for Homeland Security District 5.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, has authored a Letter of Acceptance for 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funds in an amount not to exceed $591,642.71 with no cash match required to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency for Homeland Security District 5 to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this Letter of Acceptance be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Letter of Acceptance for 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funds from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency for Homeland Security District 5, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis

This resolution approves a letter of acceptance from the Office of Emergency Management to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency for the 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funds. The grant funds would be in an amount not to exceed $591,642.71 with no required cash match. This grant will assist high threat, high density urban area efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, p...

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