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Council tables request for emergency city funding to backstop Meals on Wheels service
Summary
Everfull asked the Hutchinson City Council for up to $40,000 to restore hot meal deliveries to seniors after the South Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging ended a subcontract; councilors said they were sympathetic but tabled the request to collect more information and coordinate with local nonprofits.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Everfull requested up to $40,000 in emergency city funding Sept. 2 to restore hot home-delivered meals and congregate meals in Hutchinson after the South Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging’s subcontract arrangement with Everfull ended and earlier emergency funding ran out.
Everfull’s executive director, Charles Johnston, told the council the nonprofit had stopped hot, daily home-delivered meals in Hutchinson on June 27 because state and federal funds had been exhausted earlier than expected. He proposed a reimbursable city commitment of “up to $40,000” to bridge the service gap while longer-term arrangements are secured. Johnston said the intent was reimbursement-based…
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