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Fulton commissioners unanimously adopt stopgap funding and halt residential water shutoffs while SNAP remains suspended
Summary
After extended debate over two competing proposals, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 250845 directing the county manager to deploy immediate stopgap funding to nonprofit partners and senior nutrition programs and to suspend residential water shutoffs while SNAP benefits are suspended.
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 5 to adopt Resolution 250845, directing the county manager to provide immediate stopgap support to nonprofit partners and senior nutrition programs in response to the suspension of federal SNAP benefits and to prohibit residential water shutoffs while benefits remain suspended.
The vote came after more than an hour of public testimony and debate among commissioners over competing proposals. Commissioner Pia Barrett had offered a separate resolution (250846) that would have authorized up to $4.4 million to cover an estimated…
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