City council is looking at providing emergency funding to downtown businesses affected
The City of Prince George will be exploring establishing a one-time emergency fund to help downtown businesses recover following last week’s explosion.
“I’ve talked to some of them and the repairs can cost between $500 and $5,000 and there’s about 16 businesses that have been impacted in some way,” said Sampson, noting that many businesses are dealing with broken glass and doors. He put forward a motion requesting city administration to research how to execute a one-time relief program that could potentially come from the council contingency fund.
The Council Contingency Fund is $75,000 per year but council has approved three amounts from the fund so far this year and the remaining balance is $34,200.
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