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Aiken council moves first reading on budget amendment covering legal settlement payments and opioid funds
Summary
On first reading the council approved a FY2025–26 budget amendment reallocating $200,000 to cover legal-fee payments for plaintiffs in Blake et al. v. City of Aiken, $85,000 to repay an SBA balance for the Center of African American History, Arts, and Culture, $182,284 from the state opioid settlement to local treatment providers, and a $40,000 grant match for historic-preservation work.
The Aiken City Council, during its Feb. 9 meeting, approved on first reading a budget-amendment ordinance that reallocates multiple line items for fiscal year 2025–26.
City staff told council the amendment includes a $200,000 adjustment to account for legal-fee payments to plaintiffs in Blake et al. v. City of Aiken. The staff report said the city received a check…
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