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Council asks staff to verify senior-center funding after conflicting past statements about FEMA and homeless grants

5335204 · July 9, 2025
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Finance staff said the senior center runs a persistent deficit — roughly $6,500 in revenue against about $85,200 in expenses — and the council directed staff to verify whether prior statements that FEMA or homeless-grant funds were used for senior-center expenses are accurate and, if misuse occurred, to correct fund accounting before audit.

Council members asked staff on July 8 to verify the funding sources used for the Parlier Senior Center after members of the public and past council discussions suggested some expenses had been charged to FEMA or a homeless grant.

Finance Director Myra Escobedo told the council the senior center typically records about $6,500 in revenue while its expenses run roughly…

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