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Council amends RAPZ recommendation for Cache Theatre, questions scoring; overall package approved
Summary
Grant administrator Alma Burgess presented RAPZ and restaurant-tax recommendations. Council debated scoring transparency and a committee arithmetic error; members amended the recommendation for Cache Theatre Company from $50,000 to $100,000 and approved the package as amended.
Alma Burgess, grant administrator, presented the 2026 recommendations for RAPZ and the restaurant tax, noting 89 applications requesting about $6.8 million while roughly $4.69 million was recommended for funding. Councilmembers raised transparency concerns about the scoring process and noted that one applicant, Cache Trails Alliance, lacked sufficient detail and therefore received no funding recommendation.
Vice Chair Kathryn Beus proposed an amendment to increase the Logan Community Foundation/Cache Theatre Company recommendation from $50,000 to $100,000 to complete four productions; Councilmember David Erickson seconded. Members discussed clawback and performance enforcement (primarily via penalties on subsequent applications rather than immediate clawback). The amendment passed 6–1 (Nolan Gunnell dissenting); the council then approved the RAPZ and restaurant-tax recommendations as amended (final motion passed unanimously). Council asked staff to clarify scoring criteria and process transparency for future cycles.
