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Price Council backs participating in 'Project 250' to augment International Days events
Summary
Council members supported pursuing grant funding and a proclamation to participate in the nationwide 'Project 250' anniversary program, and discussed potential drone-show and carnival costs plus an employee day-off policy tied to holiday work.
The Price City Council heard a proposal to take part in 'Project 250,' a nationwide initiative tied to the country’s 250th anniversary, and to pursue grant funding to augment existing International Days festivities.
Speaker 8 explained that staff member Megan can apply for grants under the Project 250 umbrella to provide extra funding for local celebrations and suggested the council approve a proclamation to enable that access. Speaker 8 said specifics of events are still being finalized and that grant-funded activities would augment, not replace, the city’s existing programming.
Council members discussed event logistics and budget responsibility for a drone show and carnival. Speaker 4 said the drone-show final details and contributors are not yet confirmed and that some costs would come from the city budget; the council also discussed a prior practice of giving employees a day off as a thank-you that had to be used before October and whether to delay that benefit into November this year.
Speaker 2 raised the personnel question of whether officers should receive overtime for International Days, pointing out that in his experience officers historically have not been paid overtime for that event and that this year, with the carnival and expected coverage needs, the city may have to pay extra to ensure public-safety staffing.
No formal proclamation was adopted at the meeting; staff were asked to bring back a proposed proclamation and clarify the budget implications and staffing plan before the council takes formal action.
