The appropriation of $24,020, received from the Office of the Attorney General, Local Consumer Aid Fund

Appropriation$24,020 from Office of the Attorney General, Local Consumer Aid Fundfor the License Commission (Consumer’s Council)

How it started

Oct 20, 2025 · The city received a $24,020 grant from the Office of the Attorney General, Local Consumer Aid Fund. Grant money can’t be spent until the Council appropriates it, so Yi-An Huang, City Manager, asked for authorization.

What happened

Oct 20, 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 Oct 20, 2025 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

Per the filing, funds will be used to allow the Consumers' Council to continue the mediation of consumer complaints from individuals in Cambridge as well as in Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Watertown and Waltham which do not have their own complaint mediation program.

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 20, 2025