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File #: 212421    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 9/16/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/23/2021 Final action: 9/23/2021
Enactment date: 9/23/2021 Enactment #: 212421
Title: Requesting acceptance of, and approval to expend, a $25,000 grant with no new match required, from the MA Community Compact Best Practices Program to the City Clerk's Office for records inventory, evaluation and preservation strategy.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Clerks Office Grant docs signed 9.15.21

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Requesting acceptance of, and approval to expend, a $25,000 grant with no new match required, from the MA Community Compact Best Practices Program to the City Clerk's Office for records inventory, evaluation and preservation strategy.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I respectfully request that your Honorable City Council accept and approve expending a grant of $25,000 from the State's Community Compact Best Practices Program to the City Clerk, 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 inventory and evaluate the City's records and develop a preservation strategy.

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor