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2026-0320

On the message and order, referred on February 11, 2026, Docket #0320, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($577,500.00) in the form of a grant, the FY25 Port Security Grant Program, awarded by United States Department of Homeland Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund the purchase of a new 31' LifeProof boat, the replacement of engines on the 31' Safeboat and 38' Safeboat, and finally, the re-collaring of the Kvichak patrol boat, and ice rescue training, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.

Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action Passed Introduced February 6, 2026

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Amount
$578K
Runs until
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Type
award
Field
Public safety

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Committee
Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice
Introduced
February 6, 2026
On agenda
April 15, 2026
Passed
April 15, 2026

Where it was heard

City Council Apr 15, 2026 The report was accepted; the order was passed. City Council Apr 13, 2026 City Council Feb 11, 2026 Referred to

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