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A resolution approving an application for a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, to reduce gun related violence in Nashville by funding additional training, staff overtime, and the purchase of additional forensic equipment.
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WHEREAS, the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration is accepting applications for a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant with an award of $167,335.00 with no cash match required; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County 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 a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant with an award of $167,335.00, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is authorized to submit said application to the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration.
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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This resolution approves an application for a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department with a grant award of $167,335 and no cash match required. If the grant is awarded, the proceeds would be used to reduce gun related violence in Nashville and Davidson County by funding for staff overtime, purchase of additional forensic equipment...
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