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Council funds Avalanche Center forecasting but removes ambassador wages and materials
Summary
After debate about program priorities, the council funded the Utah Avalanche Center's forecasting work while removing ambassador wages and materials from the award, prioritizing forecasting over an ambassador outreach line item.
The council reviewed a Utah Avalanche Center application that combined forecasting, safety infrastructure and an ambassador outreach program. Several members questioned the ambassador component as lower priority compared with forecasting and safety hardware or training. "If we do end up funding it, which I'm okay with, I would ask to cut that part of it out, that the ambassador program staffing and the ambassador program materials," Mike Cook said.
Members moved and seconded an amendment to fund forecasting while removing ambassador wages and materials; the amended funding motion passed on a roll-call vote. The council's change reduced the award amount and retained forecasting as the funded core activity.
