SomervilleMeetings

23-0974 Mayor's Request Approved

Requesting approval to create the Emergency Response Stabilization Fund for maintaining, distributing, and providing food, temporary shelter, and other common necessaries of life for residents displaced by public exigency, emergency, or distress, as codified in the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 19.

Introduced
Jun 4, 2023
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
215715
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History

  1. Jun 27, 2023
    City Council Mayoral Approval
  2. Jun 22, 2023
    City Council Approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 6.J47.
  3. Jun 21, 2023
    Finance Recommended to be discharged with no recommendation Meeting agenda, item 34.
  4. Jun 8, 2023
    City Council Referred for recommendation Meeting agenda, item 7.4.

Official text

To the Honorable City Council: The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve the creation of the Emergency Response Stabilization Fund, under the provisions of MGL 40, Section 5B. This Fund will be used for the purpose of maintaining, distributing, and providing food, temporary shelter, and other common necessaries of life, for residents displaced by public exigency, emergency, or distress as codified in M.G.L. Chapter 40, Section 19. Receipts for this fund may include grants, donations, and appropriations from the tax levy or reserves. 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