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Tuscaloosa finance committee approves Eastwood girls athletics disbursement, budget bookkeeping change, tax-holiday opt-in and arts funding referrals to council
Summary
The Tuscaloosa City Finance Committee approved a District 6 disbursement for Eastwood Middle School girls athletics, a bookkeeping budget revision tied to the Tuscaloosa Metro Bridal Shelter, opted in to the state severe-weather sales tax holiday, and recommended modest increases to three agency contracts to be considered by the full City Council.
The Tuscaloosa City Finance Committee approved four finance items Tuesday, including a disbursement from a District 6 improvements fund for Eastwood Middle School girls athletics, a technical general-fund budget revision tied to reimbursement for the Tuscaloosa Metro Bridal Shelter, participation in Alabama’s severe-weather preparedness sales tax holiday, and recommendations to increase three agency contracts to be considered next week by the full City Council.
Councilman Fayol moved and the committee approved a disbursement from the District 6 Improvements Fund for Eastwood Middle School’s girls athletics program. “We wanna ... help the girls at Eastwood,” Fayol said, adding that girls’ programs “get overlooked occasionally,” and that the committee was “gonna help them at Eastwood with … their athletic program.” The…
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