Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-372-R1

Redraft ECO 372

Independent Restaurant Grant Program

Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1599-1233, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended to the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce, Inc., in coordination with the Brookline Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce, Inc., to provide grants to independent restaurants located in the city of Newton and the towns of Brookline and Wellesley to supply prepared meals and other food products to food banks, senior programs or to other persons in need who have been impacted by the 2019 novel coronavirus; provided further, that not less than $75,000 of said funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the city of Newton, not less than $60,000 of said funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the town of Brookline and  not less than $40,000 of said funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the town of Wellesley"; and

in said section 2, in said item 1599-1233, by striking out the figure "$100,000" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-   "$275,000".