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Council weighs outside‑agency requests: baseball, chamber, museum and senior center funding
Summary
Council discussed several outside funding requests during the budget review: the baseball association asked for about $128,000, the Chamber requested $75,000 (mostly for an administrator), the museum requested $50,000 for repairs, and the senior center requested $7,500. Members proposed partial funding levels and conditions tied to hiring, matching grants and coordination with city economic development.
Dell Rapids councilmembers spent a sizable portion of the special budget meeting reviewing outside‑agency funding requests and proposing partial allocations for 2025. The requests reviewed included the baseball association’s ~$128,000 package for field upgrades; a $75,000 Chamber request primarily to fund an administrator; $50,000 from the museum for repairs and electrical work; and $7,500 for the senior center.
Amber Larson, president of the Chamber, told council the bulk of the Chamber’s $75,000 ask would pay for an administrator and support Quarry Days. "We had asked for 75,000. The majority of that would be going towards…
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