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Council work session confirms community grant timeline and a recusal approach; tobacco‑tax funding to be clarified

5604934 · August 20, 2025
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Town staff presented a proposed timeline for community grants and the council agreed on a recusal method that treats an applicant linked to a board member as ineligible for town dollars in that formulaed line, allowing the member to vote on other awards.

Town staff presented a proposed timeline and procedural clarifications for the 2025 community grants process and the council discussed recusals and related funding for school mental‑health services funded with nicotine/tobacco tax revenues.

Staff member Patrick summarized the timeline and the board’s approved modifications. To reduce the chance that many trustees must recuse themselves in a given year, the council endorsed a procedural fix: when a board member is involved with an…

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