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Shade Tree commissioners say ODNR grant application may be disqualified for missing council resolution

5766311 · September 12, 2025
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Commissioners said an Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) grant application the commission submitted could be removed from consideration because the submission included a city council letter of support but not a formal council resolution; the commission said it will seek to remedy the defect if notified.

Commissioners with the Athens Shade Tree Commission said an ODNR grant application the commission submitted a few weeks ago may be disqualified because it lacked a formal city council resolution. "We may be getting thrown out of consideration kinda right off the bat," one commissioner said during the commission's September meeting.

The commission submitted the grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and included a letter of support from the city council but not a voted council resolution, the commissioner said. That omission, a…

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