The Georgia Municipal Association awarded Sugar Hill a $3,000 Safety Grant check and a $6,800 Liability Grant check for use toward the purchase of AED units with cabinets, wet umbrella units, slip resistant floor mats, first aid kits, and bluetooth in car speakerphone.
Eileen Thomas, Marketing Field Manager, GMA, stated, “This program allows each city to stretch their budget dollars and provide a safer work environment for their employees.”
The GMA Safety and Liability Management Grant program was introduced in 2000 to provide a financial incentive to assist members in improving their employee safety and general public liability loss control efforts through training and the purchase of equipment or services. Since the inception of the program over 130 cities have received grant money through the program, over 500 grants were approved totaling nearly $1.5 million to fund items such as bulletproof vests, training videos, confined space entry equipment, reflective safety vests, fire department turnout gear, and police department in-vehicle video systems. These grant funds have helped leverage the purchase of over $2.6 million in this type of equipment and training.
