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Senate committee presses commissioner after House strips three specific housing projects from capital bill
Summary
Senate Institutions Committee members questioned Agency of Commerce and Community Development officials on why three projects named in the governor's capital recommendation were removed from the House capital bill and how the agency would administer a smaller, $2 million appropriation.
The Senate Institutions Committee heard from Alex Grove, commissioner of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, on a package of capital appropriations the governor had recommended for three specific housing projects after the House removed the named projects from the capital bill and cut the recommendation from $3.1 million to $2 million.
Committee members said the projects are shovel-ready and asked why the House moved project-specific funding out of the capital bill. The question touched on process and transparency: committee members said the House appeared uncomfortable funding housing through the capital bill and preferred broader grant programs rather than direct appropriations to named municipal projects.
"This funding was moved out of the capital bill by the house, moved into the big bill,…
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