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Lewiston council limits cash donations to city-run events, keeps in-kind support for nonprofits
Summary
Councilors at an April 23 workshop agreed to restrict cash contributions to long-standing city-run events (balloon festival and Liberty Festival), generally permit in-kind support, and to consider opioid-settlement funds for a small Rally-for-Recovery expense; a Spurwink vehicle request was flagged for separate review.
During the April 23 Lewiston budget workshop councilors reached broad agreement to restrict cash grants to city-run events and to favor providing in-kind support to community organizations instead of unrestricted operating cash.
Councillor Harriman said she would support in-kind contributions but not general cash grants, except for city-produced events such as the balloon…
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