City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 24-1090

• File #: 24-1090
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 8/14/2024
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/22/2024
• Final action: 9/19/2024
• Enactment date: 9/12/2024
• Enactment #: 217635
• Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $99,886.56 grant with no new match required, from the MA Technology Collaborative to the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development Economic Development Division for digital navigation services to Somerville Housing Authority residents.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, SPCD Administration, SPCD-Economic Development
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/19/2024	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
9/12/2024	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
9/10/2024	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
8/22/2024	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $99,886.56 grant with no new match required, from the MA Technology Collaborative to the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development Economic Development Division for digital navigation services to Somerville Housing Authority residents.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $99,886.56 from the MA Technology Collaborative to the OSPCD Economic Development Division, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds.

The purpose of this grant is to pay for a digital navigator to provide digital navigation services to Somerville Housing Authority residents

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

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor