SomervilleMeetings

25-1543 Mayor's Request Approved

Requesting approval to appropriate $147,724.07 from the COVID-19 Stabilization Fund for the 2026 Warming Center.

From
Health & Human Services
Introduced
Oct 3, 2025
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
219644

History

  1. Oct 29, 2025
    City Council Mayoral Approval
  2. Oct 23, 2025
    City Council Approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 6.A.6.
  3. Oct 21, 2025
    Finance Committee Recommended to be approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 2.
  4. Oct 9, 2025
    City Council Referred for recommendation Meeting agenda, item 7.6.

Official text

To the Honorable City Council: The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $147,724.07 from the COVID-19 (Fund #7138) Stabilization Fund for the operational cost of the 2026 Warming Center. The City has been awarded funds from the state to operate the Warming Center for 14 weeks from January 4, 2026 to April 12, 2026. The requested funds will allow the city to extend operations for 5 additional weeks, from December 1, 2025 to January 4, 2025. 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