By DEAN COUSINO
Monroe News (Michigan)
Frenchtown Township officials have turned down a $900,000 federal grant that would have been used to hire nine full-time firefighters because they don’t have the cash to match the offer.
Frenchtown Township officials have turned down a $900,000 federal grant that would have been used to hire nine full-time firefighters because they don’t have the cash to match the offer.
The board this week decided to “deobligate” the township from accepting the grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The action was recommended by Supervisor James McDevitt. Mr. McDevitt said the township could not come up with $255,312 to meet its first-year obligations under the grant.
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