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Committee sends façade‑grant rewrite to council and reviews companion jobs grant; recommends repeal/replace of Ordinance 10‑2024
Summary
After concerns about wording and the program’s intent, the finance committee voted to recommend repeal‑and‑replace of Ordinance 10‑2024 and asked staff to present the façade program as an ordinance with a staff report noting no FY2026 funds; the committee also reviewed a consolidated jobs‑grant proposal and asked for further review.
The Maumee City Council Finance Committee reviewed a rewritten façade grant program and a companion proposal that would combine two jobs‑grant programs.
Committee members said past objections centered on the program’s purpose and the appearance that staff might approve grants without council oversight. Staff said the draft would include an application and scoring process but that the rubrics should not be embedded in the ordinance because priorities can change year to year; final grant approvals remain a council decision.
Members emphasized that there are no funds appropriated for new façade grants in FY2026 and staff advised the committee to present the program to council as an ordinance accompanied by a staff report that notes the program is "subject to appropriations." One member moved and the committee voted to recommend repeal and replace of Ordinance 10‑2024 so the new ordinance can supplant the older format.
The committee also reviewed a jobs grant amendment that merges a mini‑grant and a jobs grant into a single, streamlined program to assist smaller local businesses. Staff (Jennifer) asked the committee to review the draft and place the item on the next finance agenda for further questions.
Action: The committee voted to recommend repeal‑and‑replace of Ordinance 10‑2024 and to forward the revised façade program to full council as an ordinance with an explanatory staff report. The motion passed in committee; mover and seconder were not specified in the record.
