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A resolution approving an application for an Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) from the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to subsidize the Emergency Management Program.
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WHEREAS, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, is accepting applications for an Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) with an award of $188,350.00 and a required cash match of $188,350.00 to subsidize the Emergency Management Program; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant application be approved and submitted.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Metropolitan Government’s application for an Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) with an award of $188,350.00, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Office of Emergency Management is authorized to submit said application to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
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.
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Analysis
This resolution approves an application for a Emergency Management Performance grant from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to the Metropolitan Office of Emergency Management. If the grant application is awarded, the grant award would be $188,350 with a required local cash match of $188,350. The grant proceeds would be used to subsidize the Emergency Management Program. The term of the grant would be October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023.