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Council president broadens proposal to fund Hart team; committee sends amended resolution with favorable recommendation
Summary
Council President TJ Clark proposed amending a resolution to authorize up to $500,000 from any city revenue sources (not just cannabis tax receipts) to continue the Hart team; the committee approved the amendment and unanimously sent the amended resolution to the full council with a favorable recommendation.
The committee took up a resolution to allocate $500,000 of cannabis tax revenue to Health and Human Services to support the Hart team and approved an amendment to broaden funding sources and remove a strict cap.
Council President TJ Clark described the measure as a response to "community outcry" about mental-health response capacity after two police-involved incidents in which the Hart team was deployed. Clark said the team was initially…
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