Politics & Government
5 Things: City Council Edition
From a $4.5 million dollar lease to $2.6 million to the schools; we have what you need to know about City Council decisions from Monday.
1. The City Council voted to approve a 25 year lease of the Bigelow School to the Assabet Collaborative. Ongoing maintenance of the building will be taken care of while the city receives roughly $4.5 million over the course of the lease.
2. The council voted to put $100,000 into an account to cover costs associated with Hurricane Sandy.
3. The approval of an inter-municipal agreement paved the way for an extension of the Assabet River Rail Trail. It will eventually run all the way to Acton.
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4. The Executive Office of Public Safety and Security has awarded the City of Marlborough a grant in the amount of $99,805 that will help offset dispatch costs.
5. The Finance Committee will be discussing an additional $2.6 million requested to go to the school district.
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