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Mayor says $1.5 million earmark requested for North Cassidy site; local match not yet committed
Summary
Mayor Kessler said the city has requested a $1.5 million federal earmark for site development on the North Cassidy (Cass City) site; he said a local match has not been committed and would likely be a mix of local funds and other grants if the earmark is awarded.
During the administrative update, Mayor Ben Kessler said the city's ask for the North Cassidy (Cass City) site is a $1.5 million earmark for site development. He said the request currently lacks a committed local match and that, if the earmark is successful, the next step would be to work with the schools to identify a 20% match drawn from local and other grant sources.
Council members asked whether the federal funding required a nonfederal match; the mayor said that question will be addressed if the project advances, and that details about the local contribution remain to be determined.
