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Council keeps equal-category approach, defers final awards for $60,000 charitable gambling funds
Summary
Council members debated how to allocate $60,000 after staff received 33 applications requesting $226,000. The council agreed to retain the policy's equal-thirds allocation across three focus areas and deferred final scoring and awards to the first November meeting; staff will distribute score sheets and a fillable form to assist council voting.
Maplewood council members on Oct. 13 considered how to distribute $60,000 in Charitable Gambling Funds after staff reported 33 applications requesting $226,000.
Lois Knudson, who presented the applications and policy options, said council could (1) keep the policy-mandated equal allocation (one-third to each focus area), (2) allocate proportionally to requests by category, or (3) use an open allocation that disregards…
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