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Needham trust commissioners approve $32,400 for domestic violence assistance, require itemized report
Summary
Trust commissioners approved a $32,400 disbursement from the Bigwood Trust to the Board of Health for domestic violence assistance, with a condition that the Board of Health provide an itemized expenditure report at the October meeting and adopt annual reporting going forward.
Needham Trust Fund Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 29 to authorize $32,400 from the Bigwood Trust to the Board of Health for domestic-violence assistance covering multiple recent fiscal years, with the Board required to report expenditures at the commission’s October meeting.
The vote funds the town’s domestic violence assistance work — which can include emergency hotel stays, deposits, utility payments and other immediate support — and formalizes reporting and oversight that commissioners said should accompany trust disbursements.
Commissioners said the Bigwood Trust held $484,267.08 as of the December statement presented at the meeting. Representatives for the Board of Health…
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