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Tualatin council tentatively allocates $50,000 in outside-agency grants; final vote to appear on consent agenda
Summary
Councilors reviewed outside-agency applications and tentatively allocated the city’s $50,000 budget across 22 requests; allocations will be placed on the consent agenda at the next meeting for formal approval.
Tualatin councilors on Monday reviewed applications for the city’s outside-agency grant program and tentatively allocated the available $50,000 across applicant organizations. Nicole (program administrator) prepared a spreadsheet of requests; councilors discussed reallocations and new applicants before settling on tentative amounts to present on the consent agenda.
The council’s preliminary allocations (as captured in the staff spreadsheet during the work session) are: Fast Pitch Softball Association $0; Borland Free Clinic $4,000; Community Partners for Affordable Housing $2,000; Community Warehouse $500; Domestic Violence Resource Center $2,250; Family Peace Center $4,500; Family Promise of Tualatin Valley $5,250; Good Neighbor Center $0; Just Compassion $1,000; Love Inc. $500; Neighbors Nourishing Communities $500; Peely Group $2,000; Ride Connection $2,000; Sexual Assault Resource Center $2,500; SMART Reading $4,500; Foundation for Tigard-Tualatin Schools $2,500; Tualatin Family Resource Center $4,000; Tualatin Food Pantry $5,000; Tualatin Riverkeepers $3,500; Tualatin Together $3,100; Tualatin Valley Pride $400.
Councilor Hillier recused themself from the discussion and removed themself from the dais; councilors discussed redistributing funds from applicants that did not reapply or that had completed prior projects. Several councilors advocated for new or smaller applicants (Right Connection, Tualatin Valley Pride, Just Compassion). One councilor noted that some agencies had submitted project-specific requests that concluded and therefore did not reapply.
What happens next: staff will place the recommended allocations on the consent agenda at the next council meeting for formal approval. The allocations recorded during the work session are tentative and subject to formal action at the subsequent meeting.
Ending: Councilors asked staff to confirm final calculations and to return the item on the consent agenda for final action.
