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Shelby County subcommittee considers stricter reporting, transparency for Reginald Milton Community Enhancement Grant
Summary
Members of the Reginald Milton Community Enhancement Grant subcommittee heard staff describe current eligibility and reporting rules and discussed requiring receipts, standardized final-report templates and clearer contract/signature workflows; the panel set a follow-up meeting for April 2.
Shelby County officials and commissioners on the Reginald Milton Community Enhancement Grant subcommittee met in March 2025 to review how the county administers roughly 280 annual awards from a program that typically draws about 439 applications, and to consider tighter reporting and transparency requirements after recent public concern about the program.
The meeting focused on program rules, oversight steps taken now and several proposed changes — including requiring receipts with final reports, publishing award lists, and clarifying which county offices sign grant paperwork. Committee members agreed to collect written recommendations by email and reconvene April 2 to draft potential changes to the program.
Tanya Blank, who identified herself as grants staff in the Shelby County administration, reviewed the program’s basic rules. She said the Reginald Milton Community Enhancement Grant was established in 2015 and renamed on Sept. 1, 2022, and that applications are submitted electronically through a platform called Flux. Eligible applicants…
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