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Public Service Grants Council advances Chapter 118 revisions; ordinance headed to City Council
Summary
At a PSG Council meeting, staff reviewed a redline of Chapter 118 and explained phase‑2 changes intended to reduce application disqualifications and clarify procedures; the council will forward the ordinance to City Council. Staff reported 101 applications this cycle with about 81 ultimately qualified.
The Public Service Grants Council reviewed a redlined set of changes to Chapter 118 governing city public‑service grants and agreed to forward the proposed ordinance to City Council for consideration.
Maribel Figueroa, chief of grants and contract compliance, told the council that the changes are being handled in two phases: a Phase 1 bundle of top priorities already approved and a Phase 2 package of remaining vetted items intended for the next fiscal cycle. "We actually received less applications," Figueroa said, reporting that the prior cycle saw 111 applications (108 deemed qualified) while the current cycle received 101 applications and, after appeals, about 81 were judged fully qualified. Figueroa said the primary cause of initial disqualifications was missing documentation such as tax returns.
The redline includes a set of housekeeping and procedural edits intended to reduce avoidable…
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