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Sullivan County commissioners debate $200,000 cap on nonprofit funding, leave decision for later
Summary
Commissioners discussed a resolution from Commissioner Harvey to cap county nonprofit funding at $200,000 for the 2025–26 budget year, excluding fire and rescue. Debate focused on past funding levels, who approves awards and whether lodging-tax revenues can be used for parks and museums; no final vote was taken.
Commissioner Harvey introduced a resolution to cap Sullivan County’s general-allocated funding to selected nonprofits at $200,000 for the 2025–26 budget year, excluding fire and rescue services.
The measure, Harvey said, would reduce nonprofit allocations from prior years — the commission approved about $403,000 for remaining nonprofits in the 2022–23 budget, $438,000 in 2023–24 and roughly $300,000 in 2024–25 — and would not require an additional tax levy because the proposed amount is lower than recent spending.
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