Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $9,277,190 from Free Cash to the General Fund School Department Salaries and Wages account ($7,446,360), General Fund School Department Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($1,781,455), and General Fund School Department Travel and Training account ($49,375), to fund additional costs associated with the reopening of schools with health and safety mitigations related to COVID-19

C20-310 --IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE-- November 17, 2020 ORDERED: That Superintendent’s Recommendation #20-287, Contract Award, be adopted as follows: that the School Committee request a supplemental appropriation from the City of Cambridge to the FY 2021 General Fund Budget of the Cambridge Public Schools in the amount of $9,277,190.00 in the following Statutory Categories. The increased appropriation is necessary to respond to the additional costs associated with COVID-19 and re-opening schools. Salaries, Wages & Fringe Benefits: $7,446,360 Other Ordinary Maintenance: $1,781,455 Travel & Training: $ 49,375 Extraordinary Expenditures: $ 0 $9,277,190 A true copy: Attest: Jennifer Dever Wood School Committee c: Superintendent