HOPE – Hope officials have reorganized a new committee that recommends how one-quarter of Hope’s income tax revenue is spent.
Besides selecting new committee members, the Hope Town Council also approved a motion that five well-established and popular events automatically receive money without having to appear before the committee.
In that same motion, council member Clyde Compton also requested the formation of two new $1,500 scholarships for seniors at Hauser High School. Council members unanimously approved Compton’s motion.
The scholarships, which can be used for either trade schools or traditional colleges, will be awarded to Hauser seniors from low-income families residing within the Flatrock-Hawcreek School Corp., Compton said.
Final decisions on recipients will be made by members of the high school’s guidance department, he said.
Three of the four people who will join Compton on the Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT) committee represent different wards within the northeast Bartholomew County town of 2,100 residents.
Andrea Wallace (Ward One), Joyce Henderson (Ward 2), Pam May (Ward 3) and John Walstad (at-large) were chosen by their council representative to serve on the committee.
For more on this story, see Tuesday’s Republic.
