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Bend housing advisory committee selects Costco snacks for series, leaves room for one chocolate-fountain session
Summary
At its initial meeting the Bend Housing Advisory Committee approved a plan to provide bulk snacks from Costco across the meeting series, with staff instructed to prioritize dietary accommodations and reserve budget to allow a single chocolate-fountain event if feasible.
The Bend Housing Advisory Committee voted at its first meeting to purchase bulk snacks from Costco for the committee’s meeting series, with a possible single chocolate-fountain session funded from the same $300 series budget.
Melissa Kamania, the city’s affordable housing coordinator, told the committee the total budget for snacks across the series is $300 and that staff estimates a Costco selection would cost about $30 per session while the peanut-butter-and-jelly option would cost about $20 per session. “The budget for the whole session is for the entire series, is $300. We estimate this will be $20 a session or it'll cost you a 120 total,” Kamania said during…
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