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Putnam County agencies urge higher funding as legislators criticize last‑minute 'sub‑contingency' process
Summary
Nonprofit leaders — including 2nd Chance Foods, libraries, arts groups and museum representatives — presented to the Rules committee asking for increased support. Several legislators criticized the county executive’s decision to place many requests into sub‑contingency and urged more transparent review and return presentations.
Dozens of outside agencies described services and asked Putnam County legislators for increased funding while several committee members challenged how the county executive handled tentative allocations.
Martha Elder, executive director and co‑founder of 2nd Chance Foods, told the committee the organization rescues food and distributes meals across Putnam County. She said 2nd Chance has donated about 63,000 meals and $168,000 of groceries through September 2024 and requested $30,000 from the county; the county executive’s tentative budget included…
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