Community Project Funding FY27
Below are Congressman Blake Moore's Community Project Funding requests for FY 2027.
Address: 575 E 2500 N North Logan, UT 84341
Amount requested: $519,629
Project Description: The funding would be used for the North Park Police Department Equipment and Training project to modernize critical law enforcement equipment and invest in specialized officer training.
Taxpayer Justification: The project is a valuable investment because it is a high-impact, cost-effective commitment to foundational public safety infrastructure.
Address: 475 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Amount requested: $1,850,000
Project Description: The funding would be used for the Salt Lake City Police Department Public Safety Response Vehicles project to purchase transport and tactical law enforcement vehicles.
Taxpayer Justification: The project is a valuable investment because it improves public safety response to regional demonstrations, emergencies, mass casualty incidents, natural disasters and large public gatherings. Enhanced capabilities are needed due to the growing size and frequency of events, demonstrations and gatherings as well as the increase in criminal activity at those events. This project will facilitate quick deployment, enhance officer safety in high-risk situations and hot zones, and improve logistical management of large events, emergencies, and other urgent public needs ahead of the 2034 Winter Olympics.
Address: 201 Presidents' Cir, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Amount requested: $2,650,000
Project Description: The funding would be used for the University of Utah Rare Earth Elements and Critical Mineral Research Equipment project to stand up a testbed to research, develop, and evaluate technologies related to the extraction and processing of critical minerals and rare earth elements.
Taxpayer Justification: The project is a valuable investment because improving the supply and manufacturing of U.S. critical minerals secures the domestic supply chain for defense and energy technology, reduces reliance on foreign adversaries, and spurs economic growth.
Address: 9900 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-9900
Amount requested: $500,000
Project Description: The funding would be used for the Utah State University Police Department UAS Fleet project to purchase ten NDAA compliant small UAS to support public safety operations on Logan and Price USU campuses.
Taxpayer Justification: The project is a valuable investment because the drones will enhance campus situational awareness, emergency response, and law enforcement coordination while also being integrated into USU’s UAS academic programs to expand hands on workforce training. The project strengthens both campus safety capabilities and Utah’s growing UAS workforce pipeline.