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Council pushes for transparency as municipal grant‑manager contract is extended and $3M sidewalk award surfaces
Summary
Council members asked for documentation and a public accounting after staff proposed renewing a contract with a municipal grant consultant; concerns included lack of attached grant applications, an unexpected $3M sidewalk grant and who is the contact on a state bond fact sheet.
Council members pressed staff for greater transparency over the city’s grant activity and asked the municipal grant services contractor to present a full accounting of awards and applications before the council extended his contract.
Councilman Donald Herring criticized the practice of approving grant resolutions without attaching the grant application or background documents, saying, "I'm tired of getting these grant resolutions with no grant documentation, no write up." He asked that…
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