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Torrington council allocates cannabis revenue to PAL and Youth Service Bureau, asks for oversight detail
Summary
The council approved $50,000 to the Police Activity League and $95,000 to the Torrington Youth Service Bureau from cannabis revenue; members asked for clarity on reporting and supervisory arrangements for a full-time social worker funded by the award.
The Torrington City Council on Aug. 18 approved allocating $50,000 in municipal cannabis-revenue funds to the Police Activity League (PAL) and $95,000 to the Torrington Youth Service Bureau.
Council members voted after hearing a summary of PAL’s summer activities and a description of how the youth-service funds would be used. The PAL representative, identified in the meeting as Chris, told the council, “We run 6 camps during the summertime. We run our cops and kids event, which is up at Bessie Pond…just this past Saturday, we had our backpack giveaway where we gave away close to 1,100 backpacks…
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