Legislation Details

File #: 26-0325    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 3/5/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/12/2026 Final action: 4/1/2026
Enactment date: 3/26/2026 Enactment #: 220319
Title: Requesting approval to establish a Grant Match Account with a $15,000 transfer from the Department of Veterans' Services Grounds Maintenance Account to the Department of Veterans' Services Special Items Account for the Massachusetts General Court and the State Historical Records Advisory Board Grant match requirement.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Health-Veterans Services
Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to establish a Grant Match Account with a $15,000 transfer from the Department of Veterans' Services Grounds Maintenance Account to the Department of Veterans' Services Special Items Account for the Massachusetts General Court and the State Historical Records Advisory Board Grant match requirement.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve to establish a Grant Match Account with a $15,000 transfer from the Health and Human Services - Department of Veterans' Services - Grounds Maintenance Account (0154352-524001) to the Health and Human Services - Department of Veterans' Services - Special Items Account to meet the grant match requirement from the Massachusetts General Court and the State Historical Records Advisory Board Grant. The purpose of the grant is to pay for supporting the Somerville Veterans Memorial Cemetery and Archival Digitization project. The grant was approved by this Council on February 26, 2026 as item 26-0113.

 

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