Jason L. Lurie ’05, council representative from Cabot House spoke in favor of keeping the higher number.
“$5,000 is a round number,” Lurie said. “$7,500 is also a round number, but it’s a little bigger.”
But the council voted to amend the bill to include the smaller number, and the amended legislation passed 37-0-1.
On the docket of last night’s meeting, the council reviewed 71 grant applications and awarded a total of $12,895.77 in cash and $615 in HUDS vouchers. The average was $190.29 per grant.
The council also approved a bill to fund a second year of Loker Nights at a cost to the council of $500 for at least three events between now and the end of May.
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—Staff writer Elena P. Sorokin can be reached at sorokin@fas.harvard.edu.