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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-08-27 18-329 Order 08/27/201818-329 08/27/2018 18-329 Health & Community Services Order N/A Title, Order Authorizing the City Manager to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maine Federation of Farmer's Markets for $5,000 to cover staffing costs associated with promoting their Maine Harvest Bucks Program. The Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets (MFFM) administers low-income food access programming (SNAP and Maine Harvest Bucks) at farmers’ markets throughout the state including 4 markets in the Bangor-area. Those markets include Bangor Downtown Farmers’ Market, Ohio Street Farmers’ Market, Hampden Farmers’ Market and Brewer Farmers’ Market. Through the USDA Farmers’ Market SNAP Support Grant (FMSSG), the Maine Federation of Farmer's Markets will provide Bangor Public Health and Community Services with up to $5,000 to support staff time to perform various outreach and education tasks that improve low-income SNAP and Maine Harvest Bucks participation metrics at Bangor-area farmers’ markets. The term of this agreement is 7/1/18 to 9/30/18. Government Operations Committee 08/20/2018 Recommend for passage Consent 08/27/201818-329 CITY OF BANGOR ORDER 08/27/2018 18-329 Supica Authorizing the City Manager to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maine Federation of Farmer's Markets for $5,000 to cover staffing costs associated with promoting their Maine Harvest Bucks Program. Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor That the City Manager is hereby authorized to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maine Federation of Farmer's Markets in the amount of $5,000 to promote the Maine Harvest Bucks Program. IN CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 27, 2018 CO 189329 PASSED 4A..) ierr7,41-c*, CITY CLERK