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File #: 22-1538    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 9/9/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/13/2022 Final action: 10/27/2022
Enactment date: 10/25/2022 Enactment #: 214468
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $16,900 grant with no new match required, from 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 FY23 CIP Portfolio (FY23-CI-CIP-21665), 2. FY23-CI-CIP-21665_Somerville_Arts_Council_Contract, 3. Finance - 2022-10-20 Written Response Arts Council (with 22-1538)

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $16,900 grant with no new match required, from 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 $16,900 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