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City manager reports funding-freeze impacts, water main repair and open grant opportunities
Summary
City Manager Mark Westhoff updated the commission on limited impacts from a recent federal funding freeze, a Fourth and Main water main leak requiring a custom clamp, delivery of a new street sweeper, open ARPA nonprofit grants and a community survey; commissioners also thanked emergency responders and wished the mayor a speedy recovery.
City Manager Mark Westhoff told the Atchison City Commission that the recent federal funding freeze briefly affected some grant reimbursement systems but, as of the meeting, most systems appear accessible.
"A lot of our, state grants that we receive actually get some federal money, and there's a lot of open questions about whether those would have been impacted," Westhoff said. He noted the city identified at least one police grant for body cameras for which staff could not access the reimbursement system during the freeze; the city will report any further issues if they…
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