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Committee advances bill to cap matching-fund requirements for small-city grants
Summary
The House Committee on Rules voted to move Senate Bill 1585 to the floor with a 'do pass' recommendation. Sponsors said the bill creates tiered maximum matching requirements for state grants to incorporated cities under 20,000 population and allows grant funds to be used across project phases to help smaller communities complete capital projects.
Chair Bowman opened a work session on Senate Bill 1585 and asked committee staff to summarize the measure. Aaron Seiler told the committee the bill, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Manning and Representative Diehl, sets tiered maximum matching-fund requirements for state grants to incorporated cities with populations under 20,000 and permits use of capital-construction and municipal-infrastructure grant money for all phases of funded projects, including engineering, planning and support. Seiler said the measure has minimal…
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