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File #: 25-0159    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 #: 218400
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend an $18,300 grant with no new match required, from the Mass Cultural Council to the Arts Council for unrestricted operating support.
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. Mass Cultural Council Notification for Cultural Investment Portfolio

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend an $18,300 grant with no new match required, from the Mass Cultural Council to the Arts Council for unrestricted operating support.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $18,300 from 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 pay for unrestricted operational support for the Council's needs.

 

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