SomervilleMeetings

23-1127 Mayor's Request Approved

Requesting approval to accept and expend an additional $300,000, with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Infectious Disease & Laboratory Sciences to the Health and Human Services Department for COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing.

Introduced
Jun 26, 2023
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
216054
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History

  1. Oct 5, 2023
    City Council Mayoral Approval
  2. Sep 28, 2023
    City Council Approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 6.A.2.
  3. Sep 26, 2023
    Finance Recommended to be approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 9.
  4. Jul 13, 2023
    City Council Referred for recommendation Meeting agenda, item 7.3.

Official text

To the Honorable City Council: The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve to accept and expend an additional $300,000 in FY24 with no new match required, from Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Infectious Disease & Laboratory Sciences to the Health and Human Services Department for COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing, 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 COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing. 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