Walla Walla will continue its share of funding for the Sleep Center for another year at a cost of $190,000.
The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the contract with the nonprofit Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless, which manages the center, and Pacific Security, which provides security services.
The center for homelesss people currently operates 24/7 and will continue so through March 2021, when it will revert back to its dusk to 9 a.m. services, according to contract amendments the City Council passed unanimously Wednesday at its virtual meeting.
The city was allocated $142,217 from the state Department of Commerce in COVID-19 Outbreak Emergency Housing Grant dollars to meet funding demands for the center staying open longer. So far, it has spent $130,424 and expects to deplete that fund by the end of December, according to Deputy City Manager Elizabeth Chamberlain.