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Council records $10 million in federal water grants; staff says funds reimburse prior work
Summary
The Edmond City Council approved a supplemental appropriation to record $10 million in federal grant revenue for water projects, $5 million each attributed to then-Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Stephanie Bice; city staff said the money reimburses previously spent project costs and was delayed by federal grant procedures.
The Edmond City Council voted unanimously June 9 to approve a supplemental appropriation that records $10 million in grant revenue for the city’s water resources program.
City officials told the council that the funds are not new spending but reimbursements for water projects already underway and that the money was secured over previous fiscal years via congressional project funding.
“$5,000,000 of these dollars actually came from the late…
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