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Hope Mills commissioners debate how to sustain grant-writing support as billable hours near exhaustion
Summary
Commissioners expressed concern about exhausting the town's allocated billable hours with the League of Municipalities grant-consultant program and asked staff to return cost estimates for quarterly contracting or including a permanent position in next year's budget; staff said current contracted work has helped secure multiple grants, including a recent $500,000 award for Heritage Park phase 2.
Hope Mills commissioners on Jan. 5 discussed whether to continue a contract arrangement for grant-writing services or to hire in-house support after the town's allotted billable hours under a consultant program were nearly exhausted.
Town staff described the existing arrangement: the consultant (referred to as Ingred) works via a firm and a League of Municipalities program that initially…
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