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Margate commissioners debate $1,000 discretionary donation to family; commission agrees donation will proceed and to require paperwork before future payouts
Summary
Commissioners discussed a discretionary donation of $1,000 that was approved at a prior meeting for the family of a homicide victim. Some commissioners said they lacked full information and asked that paperwork be completed before checks are issued in future; the commission indicated the previously approved payment will proceed.
During the same Sept. 10 meeting, commissioners spent an extended portion of the agenda discussing a discretionary donation that a commissioner had proposed at a prior meeting for a Margate family affected by a homicide.
The matter under discussion was a $1,000 payment from a commissioner—s discretionary allotment. Commissioners described local practice as allowing $500 for direct payments to an individual and up to $1,000 to a 501(c)(3). Several commissioners said they had understood the earlier item as a charitable donation intended to help a grieving family and that it had been approved by consensus at the prior meeting. Other…
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