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File #: 208522    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 6/24/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/27/2019 Final action: 6/27/2019
Enactment date: 6/27/2019 Enactment #: 208522
Title: Requesting acceptance of a multi-year grant for $94,662.16 per year (FY20, 21 and 22) with no new match required, from the MA Department of Public Health to the Health and Human Services Department for Tobacco Control Prevention.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -

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Requesting acceptance of a multi-year grant for $94,662.16 per year (FY20, 21 and 22) with no new match required, from the MA Department of Public Health to the Health and Human Services Department for Tobacco Control Prevention.

 

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To the Honorable Board:

 

I respectfully request that your Honorable Board accept a multi-year grant of $94,662.16 per year from Department of Public Health to the Health & Human Services Department for FY20, FY21, and FY22, 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 Tobacco Retail Surveillance and Data Collection, Enforce local and State Tobacco Policies, perform retail inspections, compliance checks, enforcement and policy promotion.

 

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