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Five-County AOG director, local administrative advisor outline services for small towns and warn funding at risk amid federal shutdown

5949540 · October 13, 2025
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Roger Carter and the new Five-County AOG director briefed commissioners on a Local Administrative Advisor program that provides grant, budgeting and compliance help to small towns; both asked county officials to support restoring $500,000 removed by the Legislature and warned the federal shutdown is stressing human-services programs.

Representatives of the Five-County Association of Governments updated Garfield County commissioners on a program that helps small towns with administration, grantwriting, capital-facilities planning and pandemic-era compliance, and warned that a recent funding cut and the federal government shutdown threaten services.

Roger Carter, local administrative advisor for the Five-County AOG, described work with eight municipalities in Garfield County. He said the program helps towns that lack a full-time…

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