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Dorchester County Council approves grants, paving contract, budget amendments and routine requests
Summary
Council approved multiple consent items Aug. 20, 2024 including GOCPP public-safety grants, a $281,128 paving contract for Centennial Road funded by State Aid and capital funds, Board of Education budget reallocations totaling $1,972,000, participation in a state spongy moth program, and a pledge letter option for McKeil Point No. 1 loans.
At its Aug. 20, 2024 meeting the Dorchester County Council approved a slate of consent and action items spanning grants, contracts, budget adjustments and administrative requests.
Consent and grants: The Council approved the minutes of Aug. 6 and the disbursements (with Councilman Travers abstaining on payments to Simmons Center Market). It accepted two FY25 GOCPP grants for the Sheriff's Office — a $15,000 Warrant Absconding Program award to fund overtime addressing a warrant backlog and a $21,456 Community Grant Program award to fund deputy presence at community events — and later accepted a $9,240 FY25 STOP Gun Violence Reduction Grant to fund extra patrols and investigative work. The Council also accepted a $300,000 Maryland State Arts Council grant for the Dorchester Center for the Arts (confirmed by poll) and…
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