Members of town council may be wishing for the wisdom of Solomon as they approach the annual task of awarding grants-in-aid to community groups.
“There’s a lot more being asked for, and there’s not a lot more we can put on the table,” Mayor Spencer Coyne said in an interview with The Spotlight.
“Unfortunately some people are going to be disappointed.”
Grant requests total $67,873.89 for the year, and council has a budget of $25,000 to work from, said Coyne.
While the grant envelope was budgeted for $35,000, Coyne said the previous council committed $10,000 of funds for this year to go towards play equipment at John Allison School.
Previous grant-in-aid packages have been larger over all, however the Princeton Museum and Archives Society and the Princeton Posse have been removed from grant eligibility and assigned to separate lines on the municipal budget.
Coyne said he has already spoken to most of this year’s grant applicants about their needs, and said it’s possible some of the projects being pitched could qualify for grants from other organizations, like the South Okanagan Community Foundation.
Council has until April 1 to make a decision on who will receive grant funding.
“We are going to do our best,” said Coyne.
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