City council approves two grants, DPW building repair
City council approved two grants totaling $118,702 for police and fire departments and authorized $125,000 in repairs to the Department of Public Works building on Bisson Avenue.
City Council · Meeting of October 13, 2026
NH LACONIA — City council approved two grants totaling $118,702 for police and fire departments and authorized $125,000 in repairs to the Department of Public Works building on Bisson Avenue. The council accepted an Office of Highway Safety Grant of $71,082.50 with a city match of $20,427.50 and a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant of $47,619.04 for thermal imaging camera equipment with a required city match of $2,380.96. The DPW floor repair will address undermining in the apparatus bay and office space deemed unsafe, funded from the Sewer Department Contingency and Non-Capital Reserve.
The council also moved a first reading of a resolution to accept a Go North Foundations for Healthy Communities grant worth up to $500,000 annually for five years for fire department community health programming, with a public hearing scheduled for October 26.
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