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Klamath County approves tourism grant slate and agrees to continue junior‑members program
Summary
The board unanimously approved the tourism grant committee’s recommendations and praised the inaugural ‘junior members’ program; commissioners asked staff to reopen recruitment sooner if opportunities arise.
Klamath County commissioners approved the tourism grant committee’s recommended slate of awards at their April 14 administrative meeting and expressed support for continuing a pilot ‘junior members’ program for the grant committees.
The grant committee presented a spreadsheet of recommendations. Commissioners said the current cycle produced higher‑quality applications and that the committee’s recommendations were unanimous. A motion to approve the full slate as presented by the grant manager was made, seconded and approved without objection.
Board members specifically praised the pilot 'junior members' program on both the economic and tourism grant committees, noting that junior members read dozens of applications, offered persuasive arguments and influenced committee decisions. Commissioners discussed reopening recruitment earlier than the originally planned next cycle in September and asked staff to proceed by consensus to continue the program.
The board recorded the approval of the tourism grant recommendations and confirmed its intent to continue youth engagement through the junior‑members pilot; no dollar totals or award‑by‑award amounts were specified during the meeting transcript. The meeting adjourned at 3:16 p.m.
