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Rocky Mount council approves grant amendment and several capital items after staff clarifies prior appropriations
Summary
The Rocky Mount City Council voted to approve a first amendment to a restoration and preservation incentive grant and to authorize multiple capital expenditures after staff clarified that a previously appropriated $100,000 had not been awarded.
The Rocky Mount City Council voted to approve a first amendment to a restoration and preservation incentive grant, authorized the purchase of a used generator for the event center, and approved Imperial Center roof change orders after staff clarified prior appropriations and compliance concerns.
At the outset of the item, Councilman Daughtridge urged greater transparency, saying the grant—s history was unclear in the agenda. He asked whether earlier awards — including a $30,000 grant and an appropriated $100,000 — had been disbursed and why the history was not shown on the agenda. "Until that process is in place and council members have the full picture, I can't support this request," Daughtridge said.
Cornelia McGee, a city staff member responsible for grant…
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