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Board approves consent agenda including multiple grant contracts totaling several hundred thousand dollars
Summary
The board approved a consent agenda of routine contracts and grant awards including Cedars Youth Services ($250,000), Lincoln Community Foundation homelessness prevention ($200,000), Lighthouse programs and multiple smaller youth and childcare grants.
The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners approved its consent agenda on July 28, which included a batch of routine contracts and grant awards to local nonprofit organizations and service providers.
Notable grant awards listed on the consent agenda included: Cedars Youth Services — Pioneer Center emergency shelter program ($250,000); Lincoln Community Foundation — homelessness prevention program ($200,000); Lighthouse — restorative practices and after-school programs (multiple awards totaling tens of thousands); the Asian Community and Cultural Center and other youth and childcare programs. Staff noted any individual consent item could be pulled for separate discussion by a commissioner or a member of the public; none were removed at this meeting.
The board approved the consent items on a single roll-call vote.
