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File #: 25-1682    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 11/8/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/13/2025 Final action: 11/18/2025
Enactment date: 11/13/2025 Enactment #: 219681
Title: Requesting approval to appropriate $100,000 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to support the Senior Taxi Program.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Health-Council on Aging
Code sections: Stabilization Fund -
Attachments: 1. Memo Re Request_CBF_COA_AppropriationFY26_11-6-25

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to appropriate $100,000 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to support the Senior Taxi Program.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $100,000 from the Community Benefits Stabilization Fund to support the Senior Taxi Program. Due to Federal cuts, the Somerville Cambridge Elder Services will no longer be able to support transportation to congregate meal sites in Somerville. This funding will provide two rides per week for older adults to access programs and services held at Somerville's Senior Centers.

 

An explanatory memo is attached to this communication.

 

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