City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 23-1550

• File #: 23-1550
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 10/13/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/26/2023
• Final action: 11/16/2023
• Enactment date: 11/9/2023
• Enactment #: 216258
• Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $108,226.70 grant with no new match required from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Health and Human Services Department to support implementation of the Somerville-Cambridge Shared Public Health Service Initiative.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Health & Human Services
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2023	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
11/9/2023	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
11/6/2023	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
10/26/2023	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $108,226.70 grant with no new match required from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Health and Human Services Department to support implementation of the Somerville-Cambridge Shared Public Health Service Initiative.

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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 $108,226.70 from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Health and Human Services Department, 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 the implementation of the Somerville-Cambridge Shared Public Health Service Initiative which is funded through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Public Health Excellence Grant Program for Shared Services. The City of Somerville will host a Shared Services Coordinator who will be based in the City of Somerville's Health Department.

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