MINUTES
OF THE ROLAND CITY COUNCIL
JOINT
SESSION w/ CITY BOARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 20, 2009
Note: The following minutes were approved by the Roland,
The Roland
City Council met in joint session on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 7:10 pm, at
the
It was moved
by Neely, seconded by Varley to approve the consent agenda. All were in favor.
The purpose of
the meeting was to meet with Shirley Helgevold, a grant writer with MIDAS, to
discussion grants that are available to City’s and their Boards and
Organizations. Shirley introduced
herself and handed out contact information for herself and other MIDAS
representatives. She went over the three
(3) major types of grants, what they fund, what they don’t fund, local match,
if they accept applications from City’s or only from organizations, and application
deadlines. She answered questions from
the various board members and the council.
She explained MIDAS’ costs that are associated with writing and
reviewing the grants. Board and
Organization members were directed to contact Shirley with their proposals and
she’d get back to them with what is available and the best way to go about
filling out the grant applications.
There were no
Council/Mayor comments.
There was no
public input at this time.
With no further
business at this time, Varley moved adjournment of the meeting at 8:16 pm,
seconded by Neely. All were in
favor. The next regular council meeting
will be Monday, August 24, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall with a council work
session to follow.
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Duane Canny,
Mayor Pro-tem