The Flagstaff Sustainability Commission voted to form a working group to revise the Neighborhood Sustainability Grant application process and approved a requested budget change from one current grantee.

Commissioners Metzger, Lamy and Boren volunteered to serve on a working group charged with updating the grant materials and scoring procedures. Commissioner Metzger moved the motion to form the working group; commissioners voted in favor.

Separately, the commission approved a staff recommendation to permit Southside Community Association to reallocate the remaining portion of its 2024–25 neighborhood sustainability grant toward staffing that supports the organization’s resilience‑hub work. Staff said Southside had spent about $3,300 of a $7,500 award and requested the remaining funds be used to preserve a local staff position affected by the EPA stop‑work order. The commission approved the revision, with staff noting the grant terms allow the commission to approve budget exceptions in unique circumstances and that grantees must still submit final reports describing outcomes.

Commissioners also agreed to form a working group to update the Sustainability Commission ordinance; the motion named Chair Amy Walpoleinski, Commissioner Conkle and Commissioner Spurlock as the subgroup to draft recommended updates for the commission to review. That group will review an ordinance that staff described as dated and prepare language for future council consideration.

On timing, staff said Tia — the sustainability staffer who presented the monthly report and later announced a planned mid‑summer departure for graduate school — hopes to complete materials for the next grant cycle before she leaves. The working group will aim to meet two to three times before the commission’s June meeting to finalize language and scoring adjustments.

Motions on the working groups and the Southside budget revision passed by voice vote. Commissioners asked staff to document any approved budget exceptions in grantee final reports so the commission can track how reallocated funds affect stated outcomes.