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File #: 24-0839    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 5/27/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/30/2024 Final action: 6/25/2024
Enactment date: 6/20/2024 Enactment #: 217298
Title: Requesting approval to create the Community Composting Program Stabilization Fund.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Mayor-Sustainability & Environment
Code sections: Appropriation/Budget - , Stabilization Fund -

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to create the Community Composting Program Stabilization Fund.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve the creation of the Community Composting Program Stabilization Fund and accept $350,000 from Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash")  for the Fund, under the provisions of MGL 40, Section 5B. This Fund will be used for the purpose of developing and implementing a pilot community composting program. The Fund will encompass all administrative, marketing, and operational expenses of the pilot program.

Acceptable sources of revenue shall include city appropriations, grants, and gifts.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor