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Council members question community-support grant overhaul and consultant contract
Summary
Council members criticized the city’s revamped community support grants and a consultant contract used to implement capacity-building changes; a councilor asked staff to review or cancel the consultant agreement.
St. Cloud — City staff reviewed revisions to the community-support grant program and told the council the city is phasing the program toward a capacity-building model for local nonprofits. Several council members raised concerns about the program’s cost, oversight and whether nonresidents should receive city grant money.
Procurement and grants director Leslie Flores described a three-year transition the city consultant recommended: shifting funding gradually from direct grants to capacity-building assistance that trains nonprofits to write grants, build…
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