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Climate-action match request draws questions on timing and scale; Finance Committee seeks more detail
Summary
Town staff asked the Finance Committee to set aside $250,000 from free cash to use as match funding for climate-action grants; the committee requested more data before making a recommendation.
Town staff brought a proposed warrant article to appropriate $250,000 from free cash to support climate action program initiatives and to serve as match money for grant applications.
Gabby (sustainability/grants staff) said the requested fund would give the town flexibility to match grants quickly and would improve competitiveness for federal and state opportunities. She identified a potential congressional earmark of $1.1 million for green infrastructure and stormwater projects that…
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