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Historic preservation panel weighs cuts and options as facade-grant budget is halved
Summary
Commission staff reported the operating budget was cut to about $50,000 while the nonreverting fund shows $245,857.50; commissioners discussed collapsing two facade-grant rounds into one, administrative costs, and the effect of adding roughly 1,100 properties to the historic survey.
Commission staff told the Carmel Historic Preservation Commission that the commission’s main operating budget for 2026 has been reduced to roughly $50,000, while the commission’s nonreverting historic-preservation fund carries a reported balance of $245,857.50.
Staff and commissioners said they had expected about $40,000 (sometimes described as $42,000 in staff email) of unspent 2025 money to roll into the nonreverting fund but discovered those dollars appear to have remained in the city’s general fund. Staff said a form to have the funds encumbered was submitted to…
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