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Lawmakers, small‑city officials urge tiered grant matches, cite projects stalled by high local matches
Summary
Testimony at the Senate Committee on Rules public hearing backed House Bill 36‑54, which would cap state matching requirements and let small cities use grant funds for planning and engineering; city officials described projects they could undertake sooner if matches were reduced.
Lawmakers and municipal officials on June 4 urged the Senate Committee on Rules to advance House Bill 36‑54, which would set maximum matching fund requirements for state capital construction and municipal infrastructure grants to incorporated cities with fewer than 20,000 residents and allow grant funds to be used for all project phases including engineering and planning.
Representative Ed Deal, sponsor of the bill in the House, said the measure creates a sliding scale of matching percentages tied to city population and narrows the grants covered after agency review. He told the committee the dash‑2 amendment refines eligibility and the list of applicable grants and that the amendment language for Business Oregon, water resources and parks grants was provided by agencies.
Senator Todd Nash and Sean Tate, representing…
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