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Resident Evelyn Smith urges council to clarify TIERS eligibility for nonprofits after application dispute
Summary
Evelyn Smith, who identifies herself as SMD5, told the City Council she and Gethsemane Church were eligible to apply for TIERS funds and expressed disappointment after staff and council comments suggested nonprofits might not qualify. She urged the council to correct the record and not place blame on applicants.
Evelyn Smith (SMD 5) used the public-comment period to press the San Angelo City Council for clarity about TIERS program eligibility for nonprofit applicants and to request that the record reflect past council guidance.
Smith said she first raised TIERS funding for nonprofits at an August 2, 2022, council meeting and that then-mayoral remarks indicated nonprofits were not eligible because they do not pay taxes. She said a subsequent August 18, 2022, council action combined North and South TIERS policies and opened application eligibility to North-side nonprofits, and she said the city later accepted an application from her nonprofit (Gethsemane Church). “I’d…
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