The appropriation of $300,000, received from Free Cash

Appropriation$300,000 from Free Cash

How it started

Feb 26, 2024 · The appropriation draws on the city's free cash, certified reserves only the Council can release, so Yi-An Huang, City Manager, asked for authorization.

What happened

Feb 26, 2024 · 💰 Money appropriated. The Council authorized the spending. (Order adopted, unanimous · one absent)

Voted yes (8), unanimous

Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Joan Pickett
Sumbul Siddiqui
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Paul F. Toner
Ayesha M. Wilson
E. Denise Simmons

Absent (1)

Burhan Azeem

Roll call of Feb 26, 2024 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

Per the filing, funds will be used to cover unanticipated increases in costs relating to legal matters handled by outside counsel legal services, stenographers and court reporters, constable services, consultants and experts, temporary contract attorneys covering while staff was on parental leaves, as well as filing fees and related costs in matters pending in courts and/or administrative bodies.

🏛 This item on the city's site

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 26, 2024