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Town Council decides to rescind Grant in Aid policy Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net
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At it’s Nov. 19 Open Finance Standing Committee meeting, Town Council ruled unanimously to rescind its Grant in Aid policy, while keeping the bursary part of the program in tact. The Grant in Aid program had an annual budget of approximately $25,000, but it went as high as $50,000 on one or two occasions. Under the former program’s policy, non-profits were able to apply for funds in order to fur-
ther their organizations. The annual bursary to a graduating high school student who intends to pursue post-secondary education in the field of political science will continue to be funded by the Town. The Grant in Aid program was rescinded because council believes it isn’t the most efficient use of funds to benefit the social sector. “We give little bits and pieces of money to these organizations when they come to us, it may or may not be effective, it does have an impact on them but it can be administratively onerous and it is difficult for Council to make
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decisions around that,” said Mayor Christina Benty. Several options were discussed by Council on what to do with the funds that were previously allocated for the Grant in Aid program. The first was a proposal from Mayor Christina Benty, who suggested that council explore the idea of giving the funds to a third party (the Golden Community Resources Society was specifically named) for them to use in order to hire a full-time staff member who would work to support the social sector. Continued on page 4
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