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Newberry narrows 2025 state legislative requests, prioritizing electric redundancy and first-responder training
Summary
After staff presentation, commissioners agreed to pursue two prioritized state-level requests: funding for an electric feeder redundancy project (reduced ask to $600,000) and a first-responder training facility (seek grant funding), and to support related partner requests by letter.
During its Jan. 13 meeting the City Commission reviewed a proposed 2025 state legislative agenda and directed staff to focus the city's appropriation requests on two priorities: (1) a new electric redundancy feeder to improve the city's electric reliability and (2) a first-responder/training facility. Commissioners agreed to reduce the proposed ask for the electric feeder to $600,000 and to pursue grant opportunities for the training facility.
City Manager Mike…
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