Council reallocates leverage-support funds; debate erupts over Impact Award cuts
After heated debate, the committee passed an amended omnibus allocation that moved some FY24 Impact Award funds toward leverage-support gaps; the meeting saw a vice-mayor recusal, an amendment to remove a Freestore Food Bank allocation, and close roll-call votes.
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Council members spent substantive time disputing process and priorities before voting to move reserved and leverage-support funds. The chair acknowledged the leverage-support scoring process was flawed and described Motion 2 as a compromise to remedy high-scoring applicants the administration did not fund. "If there's a scoring rubric and in 2 out of your 3 categories, the top score getter is not recommended for funding, something is wrong in that process," one council member said during debate.
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