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GRANT-2025-8 : Acceptance of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Dividend Program Grant in the amount of $14,300
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(ID # 12328) Grant Acceptance of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Dividend Program Grant in the amount of $14,300 Ought to Pass City Council
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▶ 1:23:09 Speaker 4: Yes. Counselor Reky? Yes. Counselor Romanul? Yes. Counselor Stewart? Yes. Counselor Vve? Yes. Counselor Williams? Yes. Councilor Jamine? Yes. Council Oppe? Yes. Motion passes
▶ 1:23:27 Mark Garipay: That will get recommended to the next City Council meeting. Um, next up ID 1, 2 3, 2 8. Acceptance of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Dividend Program. Grant in the amount of 14,300. Ms. Grimm is here to speak on that. Thank you for being Here. Sure. Nice to
▶ 1:23:50 Speaker 1: see you all again this evening. Um, I'm here on behalf of the DPW. Um, Jim Troop is at a training, um, and couldn't get here this evening. Um, this is a grant that the city receives annually. Um, what we do is we, um, for the grant you put forth, um, you earn points for all of the different recycling initiative initiatives that you offer to your residents. And those points translate into the amount of the grant. Um, so the grant is used to offset, um, those things that we continue to do, like offering composting days. We just had a recycling day, um, post holidays. Um, it does a lot of the resource, uh, outreach, um, and offering resources to residents having the city yard open extra hours for recycling. So it really pretty much helps to offset the operating budget. Um, and is something that the DPW has been applying for and has been awarded for, um, at least the last five years as I could see, um, in IQM two.
▶ 1:24:49 Mark Garipay: Council Ro
▶ 1:24:50 Speaker 4: Just gonna make a motion to recommend second,
▶ 1:24:53 Speaker 9: Uh, discussion.
▶ 1:24:55 Mark Garipay: I'll, I'll get there. Mo. Motion to recommend with Councilor Firo. Seconded by Councilor Stewart on discussion. Mr. Councilor Williams. Thank
▶ 1:25:02 Ryan Williams: You. Um, I just wanted to put in a plug to include grant proposals in these orders because we get a lot of grant award letters and contracts, but we almost never get the grant proposal. And it's so important to understanding the intention of the city and the scope of the work. That's, that's, um, that's been promised. So if you would please Sure. Throw it in there. Thank you. That's all.
▶ 1:25:22 Mark Garipay: Council Williams. Uh, anyone else on discussion?
▶ 1:25:29 Mark Garipay: This will be a roll call vote. Ms. City Clerk
▶ 1:25:34 Speaker 4: Councilor Occhio? Yes. Councilor Hamilton? Yes. Councilor ca. Karen Chetty? Yes. Councilor? I have President Elli? Yes. Councilor Bruski? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. Councilor Jamine? Yes. Counselor Garipay? Yes. Motion passes.
▶ 1:26:03 Mark Garipay: This will get recommended to the city Council next. Thank you. Next week. Uh, last up is ID 1, 2, 3 2 9. The transfer of the land and building previously used for the BB school. Located at 2 63 West Foster Street in Melrose, mass to the care, custody and control of the mayor to be used for general municipal purposes.