City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 23-0606

• File #: 23-0606
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/10/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/11/2023
• Final action: 6/1/2023
• Enactment date: 5/25/2023
• Enactment #: 215511
• Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $5,063.14 grant, with no new match required, from the Barr Foundation for staff attendance at the Designing Cities 2023 conference.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, SPCD-Mobility
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/1/2023	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
5/25/2023	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
5/23/2023	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
5/11/2023	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $5,063.14 grant, with no new match required, from the Barr Foundation for staff attendance at the Designing Cities 2023 conference.

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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 $2,531.57 for Gregory Hanafin and $2,531.57 for Lauren Craik from the Barr foundation to the OSPCD Mobility Division to send staff representation to the 2023 Designing Cities conference in Denver Colorado, 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 conference registration, air fare, and travel accommodations for the 2023 Designing Cities Conference hosted by the NACTO organization

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