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Senate committee hears support to lower grant match thresholds for small cities
Summary
Supporters and municipal representatives told the Senate Committee that SB 15 85 would make state infrastructure and capital grants more attainable for small cities by lowering local match requirements and instituting sliding scales; cities cited specific examples where reduced matches would enable stalled projects.
Ed Deal (representing House District 17) and Matt Keating (chief of staff for Senator Manning) told the committee SB 15 85 and its dash-1 amendment would lower matching requirements for capital construction and municipal infrastructure grants for cities under specified population thresholds. Keating said the dash-1 would "drop the match to $400,000," a change intended to make grant programs…
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