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Committee approves $220,000 package for Springfield Cleanup Corps, reduces prior grant ceiling
Summary
A City Council committee approved a revised grant package backing Springfield Preservation and Revitalization—s cleanup program, rolling $20,000 from an earlier grant into a new $220,000 award and attaching a revised budget to the prior grant.
A city committee on Monday approved a revised grant package to Springfield Preservation and Revitalization (SPAR) to continue the Springfield Cleanup Corps, with a final budget that rolls $20,000 from an earlier grant into a proposed $220,000 grant.
The move amends a prior 23-24 city grant so the earlier grant—s maximum indebtedness is reduced to $180,000 and the $20,000 difference is attached to the new grant, Council staff said during the meeting. The amendment and the bill as amended passed by voice vote and later recorded as 7-0 in the committee.
The Springfield Cleanup Corps, described by its executive director as a neighborhood-based volunteer and part-time-staff operation, provides daily litter removal, alley clearing and "beyond-blight" projects such as installing trash cans,…
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