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File #: 25-0542    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 3/20/2025 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 3/27/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to appropriate $76,787.19 from the Medicinal Marijuana Stabilization Fund for the salary and fringe of the Prevention Services Coordinator for FY 2026.
Code sections: Stabilization Fund -
Attachments: 1. Marijuana Fund Memo FY26

Agenda Summary

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 Requesting approval to appropriate $76,787.19 from the Medicinal Marijuana Stabilization Fund for the salary and fringe of the Prevention Services Coordinator for FY 2026.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $76,787.19 from the Medicinal Marijuana Stabilization Fund for the salary and fringe of the Prevention Services Coordinator to support staffing and activities for FY2026.  This position is responsible for youth substance misuse prevention and education activities for caregivers, public school staff and other community partners to build community resiliency and enhance protective factors.

 

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

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor