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Board backs applying for VDEM grant to finish high school emergency power work
Summary
County staff will apply for a VDEM grant that could pay up to $450,000 to finish electrical and pumping work tied to making the high school usable as an emergency shelter; the board asked staff to confirm costs and legal eligibility for funding sources before final acceptance.
County staff asked the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors for permission to apply for a Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) grant to complete electrical and pump-station work needed to operate Gloucester High School as an emergency shelter. Supervisors agreed to proceed with the application and requested follow-up details on final costs and legal funding eligibility.
Why this matters: completing this work would allow the high school to function as a community emergency shelter and could reduce the need to relocate students or close school operations during localized outages if sewer and critical systems can be operated by generator power.
County staff explained two related needs: (1)…
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