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File #: 25-0158    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 1/27/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/13/2025 Final action: 3/6/2025
Enactment date: 2/27/2025 Enactment #: 218399
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $54,400 grant with no new match required, from the Mass Cultural Council to the Arts Council for the Local Cultural Council grant program.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Mayor-Arts Council
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. MCC LCC Notification Letter

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $54,400 grant with no new match required, from the Mass Cultural Council to the Arts Council for the Local Cultural Council grant program.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $54,400 from the Mass Cultural Council to the Arts Council, 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 support the Local Cultural Council grant program, funding that supports artists, organizations, and schools with direct grants.

 

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