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Chaffee advisory committee urges preserving annual grants as county proposes large reserve
Summary
Chaffee County advisory members pushed back on a county staff proposal to build a large unallocated Common Ground Fund reserve that would sharply reduce grant awards, proposing a $1 million minimum annual grant cycle and a transparent reserve policy instead.
Members of the Chaffee County Common Ground Citizens Advisory Committee on Tuesday pressed county staff to spare competitive grant dollars after staff presented a budget scenario that would build a large unallocated reserve from the Common Ground Fund.
The committee—0s presentation, led by a committee member at the meeting, argued the staff model would sharply reduce the size of competitive grant cycles for several years and asked the county to adopt a more balanced approach that preserves grassroots investments while allowing the county to build reserves for larger, leveraged projects. "The proposal really minimizes the grant program moving forward," the presenter said, calling for a minimum annual grant cycle to maintain momentum.
County staff said the reserve model is intended to ensure the county could respond to larger opportunities and meet…
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