The Louisville City Council has agreed to send about $22,100 in funding to local nonprofit organizations that provide food assistance — a move made prior to the federal government shutdown ending, but one the council agreed was necessary regardless of how the crisis played out.

The council took that step during a special meeting on Monday.

Six organizations included in the city’s nonprofit grant program were identified as addressing food insecurity in some form, and therefore eligible for payment. The groups receiving money from the city’s general fund are: Boulder County Cultivate (about $2,700), Coal Creek Meals on Wheels (about $3,300), Community Food Share (about $3,300), Louisville Community Food Bank (about $1,300), Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence ($2,000) and Sister

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