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Bangor City advisory committee finalizes tiered grant plan, asks city solicitor to weigh in on scoring conflicts
Summary
The Bangor City advisory committee approved a tiered grant framework (suggested awards of $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000) and a proposed Nov. 30 application deadline, but members asked the city solicitor for a written opinion on whether committee members who plan to apply may participate in scoring.
Speaker 1, a committee member, opened the meeting by asking the group to finalize the grant application and asked the full committee to weigh in on the subcommittee’s draft. “What you have in front of you is the collective efforts of Shelley, g Pathway, and Lisonbee with me acting as scribe,” Speaker 1 said as the meeting began.
The subcommittee’s draft sets three award tiers — $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000 — and lists estimated individual award amounts. Committee members discussed whether tiering would allow the city to spread limited funds broadly or whether awards should be concentrated among the highest-scoring proposals. "They're gonna give out approximately 400 k, and they're doing 10,000, 25,000, and 50,000," Speaker 1 said when introducing the draft figures; other members debated whether that breakdown would serve smaller organizations.
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