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Lock Haven council hears funding requests from local nonprofits during budget review
Summary
Representatives from Ross Library, Downtown Lock Haven, Clinton County SPCA, the Clinton County Historical Society, Roads to Peace and Lock Haven EMS presented funding requests and program updates as council begins its 2026 budget review; formal allocations will be decided during November budget hearings.
Representatives of local nonprofits presented their 2026 funding requests to the Lock Haven City Council as staff began presenting the proposed general fund and capital allocations.
Council heard requests and program updates from the Ross Library, Downtown Lock Haven, the Clinton County SPCA, the Clinton County Historical Society, Roads to Peace, and a Lock Haven EMS request tied to a capital-project transfer.
Ross Library requested $36,000 for 2026, compared with a 2025 city donation of $35,800. Downtown Lock Haven requested $18,000 for 2026; it received $17,600 in 2025. The Clinton County Historical Society requested a $500 increase, asking for $3,000 total next year, and said it operates five properties including the Heisey House Museum and the Ferrisville Furnace and offers free programs and tours.
Kristen, speaking for the Clinton County SPCA, described the organization’s trap-neuter-return program for community cats and asked the council to continue financial support. “I’d just like to stress the importance to the community on our trap, neuter, and return program,” Kristen said. She described reproductive rates for unsterilized cats as background for the request.
Roads to Peace submitted a letter and a representative thanked the council “for continuing to support the county resource for mental violence and sexual assault purposes for the victims and survivors,” and noted last year’s $1,000 allocation. Lock Haven EMS submitted a request tied to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) process: a $29,810 cost for an emergency generator that staff said would not be funded from the general fund but could be covered by the city’s capital projects transfer if council so directs.
City staff told council that formal allocations for these nonprofit requests will be handled in the November general fund budget process; some capital-support requests will be decided when the annual transfer into the capital projects fund is set.
Council did not take final votes on those individual donations at the meeting; staff said the items will be considered in the formal budget hearings next month.
