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Independence council accepts $90,000 U.S. DOT subaward for central project; councilers press for clarity on private land and future costs
Summary
The council approved a supplemental budget resolution to accept a $90,000 U.S. Department of Transportation subaward for environmental work on the city’s central project; councilors asked whether the grant obligates the city and whether work affects private parcels.
At the meeting finance staff presented a supplemental budget to recognize a $90,000 subaward from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Thriving Communities program to support aspects of the city’s "central challenge" project. Presenter Mister Modi said the appropriation increases federal-grants revenue and capital-projects expenditures in the grants fund by $90,000 and that the funding can be accepted without a public hearing under state budget law because it does not change the grants fund by more than 10%.
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