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Public and commissioners ask CRC to follow up after county cultural grant cuts
Summary
Public commenters criticized recent cuts to a county cultural grant and asked the commission to examine county budgeting and decision processes; commissioners agreed to revisit cultural funding and to frame it as a charter/transmittal priority rather than a specific millage requirement.
Multiple public speakers told the Volusia County Charter Review Commission on Nov. 10 that the county's process for reallocating previously approved cultural funds lacked transparency and formal votes.
Cameron Vincent, executive director of the Art House Foundation, asked how "an already approved budget item"…
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