Springfield commissioners to discuss funding to address homeless issues

Springfield City commissioners will be meeting Tuesday evening at City Hall Forum as they discuss two emergency ordinances.

The ordinances deal with increasing grant funding allocations to Interfaith Hospitality Network, which provides services to the homeless.

The emergency ordinances will be discussed by commissioners following a budget meeting that is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

The first ordinance will authorize the city manager to enter into an amendment to an agreement with Interfaith to increase emergency solutions grant allocations in the amount of $27,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $162,590.

The second ordinance authorizes the city manager to enter into an amendment that would increase Interfaith’s allocation from the Emergency Solutions Grant COVID-19 Relief Funding in the amount of $95,098, for a total contract amount not to exceed $560,655.

In-person attendance at the meeting will be limited due to the coronavirus pandemic. Those wishing to attend are required to wear face coverings, submit to temperature checks and maintain social distancing.

A maximum of 35 people, including commissioners and city staff, will be permitted inside the City Hall Forum at any given time.

Tuesday night’s meeting will not be recorded, but minutes of the legislative session will be made available to the public following the meeting, according to a news release from the city.

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