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Mayor announces potential conflicts linked to $50,000 local business grants; council approves Industrial Development Board awards
5710994 · August 20, 2025
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Mayor Rick Bell disclosed familial ties to contractors connected to grant recipients and said he would abstain in a tie. The council approved resolution authorizing the Industrial Development Board to award $50,000 in local business incentives to three businesses.
Mayor Rick Bell disclosed relationships to recipients of a local business grant program that the Industrial Development Board had recommended to council.
Bell said the IDB set aside $50,000 to award to local businesses; three recipients forwarded to council were Hatton’s, the CRV Group, and Poppy’s Boutique.…
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