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Evansville council approves slate of CDBG contracts, speaker engagement and infrastructure amendments
Summary
The Evansville City Council unanimously approved multiple 2024 CDBG contracts for youth, senior and emergency services, a $20,000 keynote speaker contract for the mayor’s diversity awards, an expansion of energy audits, an interlocal asphalt preservation agreement and a roundabout design amendment.
Evansville City Council on Oct. 24 approved a series of contracts and amendments covering community programs, an event keynote and public-works work intended to extend pavement life.
Council members voted, by voice, to approve a contract with American Program Bureau Inc. to secure a replacement keynote speaker for the 2024 annual dinner and mayor’s celebration of diversity awards. Council discussion identified the speaker as Nontombi, described by staff as “the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu” and as someone who does “very similar human rights work.” The total contract amount stated in the meeting was $20,000 and the motion passed unanimously.
In a package of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations presented by DMD staff, the council approved…
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