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Council sends ward-specific events and grants policy back to committee after transparency and election concerns
Summary
Councilmembers debated a new ward-specific special events and projects policy, raising concerns about transparency, reporting, vendor costs and a 90-day election prohibition; the council voted to return the item to committee for further work (5–1).
The City Council on Oct. 28 referred a newly created ward-specific events and projects policy back to committee after an extended debate about transparency, oversight and election‑period restrictions.
Councilmember Stephen Robillard described the policy's intent to distribute event funding more equitably across wards and support recurring community events. But several colleagues…
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