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Council amends and approves $65,000 emergency aid for local food banks
Summary
Council amended a resolution to increase an emergency allocation from $60,000 to $65,000 in response to a federal government shutdown, directing $15,000 each to four named local organizations and leaving $5,000 to city manager discretion; the amendment and resolution passed by voice vote.
The Florence City Council voted Monday to increase emergency city funding for local food banks amid a federal government shutdown and the temporary loss of SNAP benefits.
A council member (speaker 13) moved to amend Resolution 2025-44, raising the total allocation from $60,000 to $65,000 and specifying $15,000 each for four local organizations — Florence Manner House, Harvest Hope Food Bank, Senior Citizen Association, and My Brother's Keeper — with the remaining $5,000 left to the city manager’s discretion to help other community organizations directly affected if needed. The mover added a contingency allowing the city manager to suspend or reallocate funds if the federal shutdown ends quickly.
The council voted in favor of the amendment and then approved the resolution as amended by voice vote. No roll-call tally was read into the public portion of the record.
City staff previously flagged that community-services funds could be a source to support nonprofits during the shutdown; the finance committee had discussed options and documentation procedures.
