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Board flags need for permanent administrative capacity and grant-writing support; budget line of $8,600 noted
Summary
Advisory board members flagged gaps in the town's administrative capacity after a long-serving grants coordinator left and asked staff to pursue grant-writer engagement and short-term project-management options.
Board members raised persistent organizational concerns after the departure of a long-serving staff member who had managed grants and cross-department coordination. Members said the town lacks a single administrative hub to coordinate timelines, training and grant tasks; they proposed short-term steps (hire grant writers for scoped tasks, use interns for project-management work) and long-term options (create a chief administrative officer or project-manager role).
In the meeting, staff…
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