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Pickens reports new grants, schedules finance work session after budget questions
Summary
City staff reported three recent grant awards (a $50,000 Appalachian grant with $50,000 match for a downtown master plan; a $58,000 reimbursement from a state infrastructure program; and a $20,114 body-worn camera grant) and council tentatively agreed to a finance-focused work session to review budget variances and line-item questions.
City Administrator and the finance director reported several recent grant awards and budget developments at the Oct. 7 Pickens City Council meeting and council members agreed to schedule a finance-focused work session to review line-item variances and projected spending.
Grants and reimbursements
The administrator told council that the city has received a $50,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (administrator described it as an Appalachian Regional "Council"), with a $50,000 local match, to support a downtown master plan; the grant award period runs through 2027. The administrator also said the city received $58,000 as a reimbursement related to an earlier local match for a water-pipe infrastructure project tied to a larger $6,000,000 investment in new pipes and the previously documented…
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