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File #: 23-1777    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 11/28/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/14/2023 Final action: 2/1/2024
Enactment date: 1/25/2024 Enactment #: 216518
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $15,000 grant with no new match required, from New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) to the Arts Council for training and funding for a public art project.
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. nefa letter

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $15,000 grant with no new match required, from New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) to the Arts Council for training and funding for a public art project.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $15,000 from New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) 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 pay for a future public art project after participation in a training program with NEFA and a public process on this work.  This work will take place in calendar year 2024.

 

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