Matters ▸ Attachment
CARES Act Expenditures — File 211089
Expense Category
Estimate as of 12/15/20
Building assessments, school HVAC improvements
$614,128
Cleaning, disinfection, air cleaners, including staff overtime
$486,840
Construction site (SHS, West Branch, SAUSI) cleaning & sanitation costs
$993,905
Elections temporary staff and supplies
$71,532
City's cost-share for FEMA FY20 expenses (approx.)
$242,306
Food pantry and mobile market support
$4,643
PPE and cleaning supplies for City and School staff
$144,460
Communications needs & supports, including software and city-wide mailer
$131,000
Social distancing supplies and materials and staff support for compliance
$62,622
SPS costs, including IT, Rec/OOST programming, consultants, furniture
$1,763,758
Short-term rental assistance and program implementation support
$565,000
Telework licenses, subscriptions, hardware
$35,539
COVID testing, contact tracing, and wastewater testing
$292,000
TOTAL
$5,407,733
Somerville's CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund - Municipal Program: Planned Expenditures
The below list of expenses is being paid for with federal funds allocated to Somerville under the CARES
Act, which was passed by Congress in March 2020. This list is current as of December 15, 2020, and is not
final. The City's CARES Act funds will also be used for the following: expenses incurred the last two weeks
of December; expenses declined by FEMA under their Public Assistance program; and other related
expenses that may have been incurred earlier but have not been processed yet.
**To be eligible for CARES Act funding, expenses must be incurred by December 30,2020 . Supplies
and materials must be delivered or services rendered by December 30. COVID-related costs incurred by
the City after 12/30/20, regardless of eligibility, are not recoverable under the CARES Act funding.