Council begins framework discussion for allocating leftover 0.5¢ economic development funds
In an extended work session the council debated whether to spend the residual 0.5¢ fund now, create a permanent corpus, or prioritize mill-funded services; staff recommended cautious, criteria-driven evaluation and legal constraints were raised.
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The Lander City Council spent the second half of its meeting in a work session focused on how to evaluate and allocate approximately $1.29 million in residual 0.5¢ economic development funds. Council members, staff, and the public discussed options including fully spending the funds on near-term projects, creating an endowment/corpus for long-term impact, or setting aside contingency money to offset possible future reductions in mill-funded services.
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