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Committee examines Civic Life admin cuts and related restores for neighborhood grants and immigrant/refugee services

3384929 · May 19, 2025
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Summary

Councilors discussed an amendment to eliminate the Bureau of Community and Civic Life administration (about 5 FTE and $1.35 million) and paired restoration amendments to preserve neighborhood coalition operations, small grants, immigrant and refugee programming, and civic leadership work.

Council members outlined complementary amendments aimed at eliminating Civic Life administration overhead while restoring several direct service and grant programs.

One councilor described her amendment as "eliminating the administration of civic life" and said she had proposed using the savings (about 5 FTE, roughly $1.35 million in the mayor's document) to restore: the…

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