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Council keeps June 18 bid opening for economic development mill-levy grants after short-notice debate
Summary
After presentations from last year’s grant recipients, the Butte‑Silver Bow Council of Commissioners voted 9–2 to keep a June 18 opening date for proposals for the fiscal‑year 2024 economic development mill‑levy grants, rejecting an amendment to extend the deadline by one week.
Butte-Silver Bow commissioners voted 9–2 on June 11 to keep the original June 18 date for opening proposals for the fiscal‑year 2024 economic development mill‑levy grants after hearing updates from several prior recipients and a sustained debate about whether applicants had enough time to prepare.
The decision came after Commissioner Bill Anderson (District 10) apologized to presenters for what he called a rushed schedule and asked Community Development Director Karen Burns to give an update on the program and the RFP process. “There is a little bit of a greater amount of money available for this year's fund. There's about $100,000 just a little over $100,000 to be allocated in 2025 to the new applicants,” Burns told commissioners.
Why it matters: The mill‑levy grants fund local festivals, nonprofit events and small capital projects; choosing to keep the June 18…
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