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Council declines immediate $1,000 donation for pollinator garden, authorizes staff to assess maintenance and possible village adoption
Summary
The council refused a $1,000 donation request to the Friendship Heights Business Alliance but approved a motion to have the village manager obtain maintenance requirements and keep the option to adopt maintenance if the Alliance stops upkeep.
The Friendship Heights Village Council on Dec. 14 considered a request from the Friendship Heights Business Alliance for a $1,000 contribution to offset edging and mulch work for a pollinator garden installed on village property. After extended debate about precedent, legal authority for charitable donations and whether the Alliance had said the project would be at no cost to the village, the council rejected a standalone $1,000 donation and instead approved a narrower set of steps.
Council Member Martha Sault moved — and the council approved…
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