Docket 1544
Roll call 16 of 18 at the meeting of November 20, 2024: 12 yes, 1 no.
The motion
City Council Approves Funding for Migrant Shelter Capacity Increase
The City's own summary of the docket.
yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
The clerk's full description
On the message and order, referred on October 23, 2024, Docket #1544, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars ($999,896.00) in the form of a grant, for the FFY24 Shelter & Services Program Allocated (SSP-A) grant, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security, passed through the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing. The grant will fund the increase of capacity to shelter non-citizen migrants recently released from DHS custody, including renovations and modifications to existing facilities, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).