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Buncombe County committee forwards recommended grant slate, approves staff to adjust partial awards
Summary
The Buncombe County Strategic Partnerships grant review committee approved a recommended funding slate and asked staff to work with applicants on partial-award budgets where necessary; members debated whether organizational reserves should affect scoring, flagging one mobile health unit as an outlier.
The Buncombe County Strategic Partnerships grant review committee voted unanimously to forward its recommended slate of grant awards to the county manager’s budget office after a lengthy discussion over scoring rules and whether some large organizations should receive full awards.
The committee chair, Bridal Machandra, opened the meeting’s substantive session by asking staff to display the scoring spreadsheet and walk members through the recommended portfolio. Angeline Dachman, the committee’s grants manager, explained the table shows each applicant’s requested amount, overall reviewer score and the staff recommended funding level and said the on-screen slate represented a model the committee could accept or adjust.
Why it matters: the committee’s recommendation will be incorporated into the…
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