Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Board of Commissioners - District 6
SUBJECT:
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Commission District(s): All Commission Districts
To Allocate $X to Retaaza to Support Additional Mobile Market Locations and Stops and to Partially Subsidize Food Purchases
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Information Contact: Commissioner Edward C. “Ted” Terry
Phone Number: 404-371-4909
PURPOSE:
To allocate $X to Retaaza to support additional Mobile Market locations and stops and to partially subsidize food purchases
NEED/IMPACT:
DeKalb County has begun a partnership with Retaaza to implement a DeKalb Fresh Mobile Market, a bus that is able to travel across DeKalb County supplying fresh produce available for purchase with options for affordable pricing. This additional funding will allow the Mobile Market to travel to additional locations, providing greater food access opportunities to additional DeKalb County residents. This is incredibly important given the possibility of greater need throughout the county due to uncertainty with a current federal government shut down as well as layoffs and furloughs across the job market
FISCAL IMPACT:
Unknown at this time
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the funding allocation and authorize the Chief Executive Officer or her designee to execute all necessary documents