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File #: 26-0045    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 1/2/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/8/2026 Final action: 1/13/2026
Enactment date: 1/8/2026 Enactment #: 219981
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $50,000 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources to the Health and Human Services Office of Food Access and Healthy Communities for the Somerville Mobile Farmers Market.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Health & Human Services
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. UNSIGNED pkg_OFAHC Earmark - City of Somerville_Dec 2025

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $50,000 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources to the Health and Human Services Office of Food Access and Healthy Communities for the Somerville Mobile Farmers Market.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $50,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources to the Health and Human Services - Office of Food Access and Healthy Communities, 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 food purchasing and staffing support for the Somerville Mobile Farmers Market.

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted,

Jake Wilson, Mayor