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A final round of grant funding was recently offered to businesses who had qualified for either of the first two rounds Order: bars, restraurants, gyms, dance studios, etc. The application period begain on November 5 and was open until funds were exhausted. Grants up to an additional $10,000 were be distributed on a first come first serve basis. This means that some businesses were able to receive up to $30,000 in total from this program. The federal deadline to expend these funds has now come to a close. No further grant dollars are available through this fund. FINANCE COVID-19 Relief Programs The city was able to spend or allocate all of its $304,902 worth of CARES Act relief from the Federal Government, through the State and County and did not have to refund any of it. The funds were used for: General direct expenses (hand sanitizer, plexiglass dividers, etc.) Diverted staff time (time spent on COVID mitigation) Police and Fire payroll expenses (for time spent on COVID mitigation) North Metro TV COVID mitigation efforts City Hall office area renovations for social distancing and other COVID resilience items. 2021 Budget/Truth in Taxation The Preliminary 2021 Budget was adopted by the City Council at its September 23 meeting. If adopted as a Final Budget, it would raise the levy by less than 1%. The City Council may reduce the budget and levies, but not increase them, prior to adoption of the final versions in December. At the December 9 City Council meeting, the Truth in Taxation hearing will be held at 6:30 PM nance director will present information on the proposed levies and the affect on local taxes. The public will be afforded an opportunity to speak on these issues. After hearing from the public, the City Council will need to adopt a final budget and levy for 2021. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Centerville Elementary School Centennial School District is in the early stages of planning an addition to Centerville Elementary. The addition would add classroom space to add one section to each grade. Architects working with the district are looking to fill in some of the courtyard space on the west side of the building and extend the building footprint to the north a bit, necessitating a move of the current playground equipment. With this configuration, the design will look to incorporate natural light into the classrooms that would otherwise have views to the courtyard. The expansion would not require any new work on the parking lot. The expansion will require a re-route of some city owned sanitary sewer lines. The re-route is being being reviewed by city staff. Any costs associated with this will be borne by the school district.