City of DeLand staff proposes increasing grant reimbursement to 75% of project cost

City of DeLand staff proposed increasing reimbursement for a local grant program to 75% of project cost and limiting awards to one grant per year, a staff member said during the meeting.

The staff member said, "So what we're proposing is the increased reimbursement of 75% of the project cost Okay." The same speaker also referenced a dollar amount using the words "Thousand dollars," and said the program is "limited to 1 grant per year" but used the phrase "no property," which was unclear in the recording.

The proposal as presented in the transcript did not include a formal motion, a vote, or a detailed funding source. No ordinance, statute, or regulation was cited during the remarks. The staff member framed the change as a proposal under consideration rather than a final decision.

Meeting records provided only a brief excerpt of the discussion. The transcript does not specify the current reimbursement level, whether the 75% reimbursement applies to all project types, the exact dollar cap implied by "Thousand dollars," or which department would administer the program.

Because the remarks were presented as a proposal and no formal action appears in the provided transcript, the item remains at the discussion stage pending any later motion, staff report, or formal vote recorded in subsequent minutes or agenda packets.

Staff and commissioners may provide additional details at a future meeting, including a clear dollar cap, eligibility rules, funding source, and whether the one-grant-per-year limit applies per property, per applicant, or by another measure.