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Kirksville council commits up to $36,500 for childcare site readiness to expand infant and toddler slots
Summary
To expand local infant and toddler childcare, the council approved a donation of up to $36,500 to Community Action Partnership Northeast Missouri to provide local match for state funding to ready a former preschool facility; the funds would come from the marijuana sales tax community development allocation.
The Kirksville City Council approved donating up to $36,500 to Community Action Partnership Northeast Missouri to support the preparation of a former preschool facility that will expand infant and toddler childcare capacity.
"So we are asking the council to allocate up to $36,500 to Capnimo," City Manager Mary Macomber said, explaining that CAPNEMO has an opportunity for state funds but needs a local match. Macomber said Kirksville Regional Economic Development Incorporated has pledged $500 per spot toward the effort and that other funding commitments are pending, so the city's actual contribution may be less than the maximum amount authorized.
Macomber said the funding for the match would come from the marijuana sales tax; she reminded the council that the voter-approved allocation splits that revenue 50% to law enforcement and 50% to community development, and said childcare is a community development purpose.
Council members voiced strong support for more childcare slots, noting pandemic-related closures reduced capacity and that infant/toddler slots are in short supply. The motion to authorize the donation passed on the council floor.
