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Council approves $2.3 million senior meals grant, $97,000 consumer grant and adopts SPARK Act resolution
Summary
The Boston City Council unanimously approved a $2,315,966.88 state grant to fund senior meals, a $97,000 Attorney General consumer-aid grant, and adopted a resolution supporting the federal SPARK Act; several personnel orders and the consent agenda were also passed.
The Boston City Council on March 17 approved several funding and policy measures, including a state grant to expand senior nutrition services and a local consumer-aid grant, and adopted a resolution endorsing the federal SPARK Act.
Councilors voted to accept and expend $2,315,966.88 in FY26 funding from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs to the Age Strong Commission to support the senior nutrition program. The clerk read that the grant will fund meals at $7.39 per meal for up to 313,392 meals. Councilor Murphy (Chair, Committee on Human…
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