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2005 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Shannon
Vienna Volunteer Fire Department

Item 531 #209h

Item 531 #209h

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Nonstate Agencies
State Grants to Nonstate Entities-Nonstate Agencies FY2005 $0 FY2006 $200,000 GF

Language
Page 482, after line 18, insert:
"Out of the amounts for Financial Assistance for Cultural and Artistic Affairs, $200,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $200,000 from the general fund in the second year to the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department to modernize its 46-year old fire house. The total cost of this project is about $2.8 million, and significant sums have already been contributed by the Town of Vienna. An aggressive capital campaign is also ongoing.)