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Finance Committee approves $200,000 microgrant carve‑out from Public Service Grants after lengthy debate
Summary
The committee amended the Public Service Grants schedule to add a microgrant category and approve a $200,000 reallocation from the PSG pool, prompting debate about administrative capacity and whether the category should be funded by administration rather than one-off council actions.
The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee on Sept. 16 approved an amendment to the Public Service Grants (PSG) schedule that added a microgrant category and reallocated $200,000 from the PSG general pool to that category.
The committee’s action changed the PSG exhibit to list the previously established ‘‘microgrant’’ line with a positive dollar allocation rather than the 0% allocation shown in the tentative budget. The vote on the final amended ordinance was 6-0 with one abstention recorded earlier during the session on a related item. The committee then moved the bill as amended and approved it by recorded vote (6 yays, 0 nays; 1 abstention noted on a related item earlier in the agenda).
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