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Commission and public debate options after DuPont funding cut for summer workforce program
Summary
City commissioners and residents discussed covering a $50,000 shortfall after DuPont reduced or redirected funding for a long-running summer workforce program; the county has offered $50,000 but questions remain about administration, payroll and a possible 25% remittance requirement for direct grants.
City commissioners and members of the public spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing a shortfall in funding for the local summer workforce/summer program after DuPont reduced prior support, and considering whether the city or county should step in temporarily to preserve the program this year.
Commissioner Hoffman (first reference) and staff reported that Gulf County had committed $50,000 toward the program but that the program’s local administrator, referred to in the meeting as Kim Bodine (workforce program coordinator), would face accounting and remittance requirements if the money were passed directly to the program rather…
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