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18-371
18-371
Health & Community Services
Order
N/A
Title, Order
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets in the amount of $6,000
This Order will authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to memorandum of
understanding with the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets to increase funding by $6,000 for
education and outreach of the 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 and at four markets in the Bangor region including the
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 an additional $6,000 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 original $5,000 MOU with the Maine Federation of Farmers was ratified on August 27, 2018.
The term of this agreement is July 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019
Government Operations Committee
10/01/2018
Recommend for passage
50
Consent
18-371
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
18-371
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Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets in the amount of $6,000
Whereas, Council Order 18-329 authorized the City Manager to sign an MOU with the Maine Federation of
Farmers Market for $5,000 for outreach and education of the Maine Harvest Bucks Program; and
Whereas, The Maine Federation of Farmers Markets would like to increase the amount by $6,000 for a grand
total of $11,000; and
Whereas, the funding would be utilized by Bangor Public Health and Community Services to educate and
promote Harvest Bucks at four farmers markets in the Bangor region; and
Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that,
The City Manager is Authorized to Execute an Amendment to the Original Memorandum of Understanding
with the Maine Federation of Farmer's Markets Bangor for an additional $6,000 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 additional grant amount brings the total grant
amount to $11,000.
IN CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 10, 2018
CO 18-371
PASSED
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CITY CLERK