Council to consider new rules for grants to civic groups
A subcommittee wants a $20,000 cap per organization and bars on using city money for religious worship or instruction.
By Hans Laetz
The City Council tonight will take a look at how it hands out money to civic organizations. Council members on the administration and finance subcommittee have some proposals.
They want the grants limited to $20,000 per organization, and they want to know in advance how much each applicant is getting from other governments, like the County Library District.
And while the council members don't mind if a church gets some money for providing valuable services, the subcommittee wants to make sure that those services must be available to everyone, not just church members, and that grant funds not be used to support any religious worship, religious instruction, or proselytization.
These issues go before the City Council meeting Monday night.
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