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Mayor recesses meeting to next Wednesday as council seeks $746,000 and weighs $3 million bridge grant
Summary
The presiding official recessed the council meeting to give staff time to research grants and legal timing that could close a $746,000 shortfall; members noted a $3 million pedestrian-bridge award would require a larger local match for a project estimated at $7–9 million.
The presiding official recessed the meeting until next Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. to allow staff time to pursue grant timing and other options to locate $746,000, saying the schedule lets the council complete a public hearing Monday and an LGC appearance Tuesday before reconvening.
The move, offered as a scheduling and fact-finding step, was presented as an opportunity to have 'Elton' review legal agreements with May, Gorham and Epstein for potential timing adjustments and to allow staff to look into commuter-transit bus grant timing. A council member said staff confirmed that the micro-transit grant 'requires no match.'
Members also discussed a $3 million award for a proposed downtown pedestrian bridge. One council member noted that '$3 million wouldn't even cover half of the cost,' and another estimated the project at 'about $7–9 million,' a gap that the group said prompted removal of the project from current plans because the local match was unaffordable.
The presiding official said the council's future funding strategy will prioritize grants that 'do not require match' because the city currently lacks funds to contribute to large capital projects. Council members agreed the proposed reconvening date and time 'works,' and the meeting was recessed with instructions for staff to prepare materials and to coordinate with 'Colin' on timing issues.
No formal roll-call vote or ordinance was recorded in the transcript; the postponement was announced by the presiding official and met with verbal agreement from members present. The council is scheduled to reconvene next Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., where members said they will refine options to address the $746,000 shortfall and report on any grant timing or legal findings.
