The appropriation of $500,000, received from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salaries and Wages Account

Appropriation$500,000 from General Fund Employee Benefits Salaries and Wages Account

How it started

Aug 4, 2025 · The city received a $500,000 grant from the General Fund Employee Benefits Salaries and Wages Account. Grant money can’t be spent until the Council appropriates it, so Yi-An Huang, City Manager, asked for authorization.

What happened

Aug 4, 2025 · 💰 Money appropriated. The Council authorized the spending. (Order adopted, unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

Burhan Azeem
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Paul F. Toner
Ayesha M. Wilson
Cathie Zusy
E. Denise Simmons

Roll call of Aug 4, 2025 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

Per the filing, funds will be used to cover the costs of anticipated payments of workers compensation medical bills for personnel injured in the course of their job, through the end of FY26.

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Aug 4, 2025