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Council repeals and replaces 21-year-old Prop 202 grant procedures
Summary
Council voted unanimously to repeal and replace the town’s outdated Prop 202 funding policy, clarifying eligible applicants and removing several administrative fees and reporting requirements.
The Fountain Hills Town Council unanimously approved a resolution on Oct. 7 to repeal and replace a 21-year-old policy that governs distribution of Prop 202 funding.
Amanda, the town’s economic development director, told the council the policy had not been updated since 2004 and that staff proposed a cleaner, narrower policy to match current practice and state terminology. "It's 21 years old, extremely outdated," she said, adding staff had prepared tracked changes and a clean version for transparency.
Notable changes include: renaming references from "monies" to "funding" to match state statute language; clarifying that applicants must be located in Fountain Hills; removing two sections that previously prioritized town-led competitive grant applications to tribal entities; eliminating a staff cost-recovery requirement that would have required fees for staff time; and striking a post-award reporting requirement that staff said is typically handled between the applicant and the funding entity.
Amanda said the town will maintain the policy as a separate document from the general grants policy and that the economic development office will be the process owner for future periodic reviews. She told council members the policy would be reviewed on a regular schedule (every three to five years) and staff would return to council if the volume of applications or statutory changes required further changes.
The council approved Repeal and Replacement Resolution 2025-26 by unanimous roll call (7–0).
