SomervilleMeetings

23-1756 Mayor's Request Approved

Requesting approval to accept and expend a $20,000 grant with no new match required, from State Opioids Response to the Police Department for the Post-Overdose Follow-Up with First Responders program.

Introduced
Nov 20, 2023
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
216398
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History

  1. Dec 21, 2023
    City Council Mayoral Approval
  2. Dec 14, 2023
    City Council Approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 6.D.14.
  3. Dec 12, 2023
    Finance Recommended to be approved · roll call: pass Meeting agenda, item 10.
  4. Nov 21, 2023
    City Council Referred for recommendation Meeting agenda, item 10.15.

Official text

To the Honorable City Council: The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $20,000 from State Opioids Response to the Somerville Police 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 Fenway Health as lead agency for the Post-Overdose Follow-Up with First Responders program. 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