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Huntington to centralize discretionary contributions; animal shelter to receive $200,000 in proposed FY26 budget
Summary
Mayor Farrell said the administration will require a published contribution request form for discretionary funding and proposed $200,000 in the FY26 budget for the animal shelter as the city's contractual share, asking the two counties to match their thirds.
At the budget review, Mayor Farrell announced a tighter, more transparent process for discretionary contributions: all organizations seeking city funding must submit a contribution request form that will be posted on the city’s website and treated as public record.
"Everyone that gets a contribution is gonna fill out a form," the mayor said, adding that contractual obligations will be honored. As an example, he described the…
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