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Grand Center director outlines lean 2026 budget, stresses senior nutrition and vehicle costs
Summary
Loretta Eastwood, director of the Grand Center, told the Grand County Budget Advisory Board that she trimmed nonessential spending for 2026 but kept funding for mandated senior services, vehicle maintenance and home-delivery meals; she estimated home-delivery serves about 75–82 seniors per day.
Loretta Eastwood, director of the Grand Center (which houses senior services and a community center), presented the center’s proposed 2026 budget to the Grand County Budget Advisory Board on Sept. 26, 2025, emphasizing constrained requests and preservation of mandated services.
Eastwood told the board she tried to “not ask for anything this year” and trimmed discretionary lines where allowable while maintaining staffing, SOUTHEASTERN Utah Association of Local Governments (SUTA/SERT*)-mandated nutrition services, and vehicle-related costs. She noted certain categories are restricted by state reporting requirements for senior programs; the grant-driven senior nutrition program and home-delivery services, for example, require specific accounting and staffing allocations.
Why it matters: The Grand Center provides meals and social services to homebound…
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