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Commissioners adopt resolutions to accept middle-mile broadband transfer and pursue federal broadband grants
Summary
Salem County commissioners adopted multiple resolutions authorizing acceptance of a middle-mile broadband transfer from Cumberland County, amending prior agreements, and authorizing applications for federal broadband funding; the board also approved a letter of agreement with Communication Workers of America Local 1085.
Salem County commissioners adopted a package of resolutions related to broadband infrastructure and workforce arrangements intended to advance middle-mile and last-mile broadband projects in the county.
The board adopted a resolution authorizing acceptance and execution of a transfer agreement for the middle-mile broadband grant program from Cumberland County (federal award ID number 34-40-MM414) and another resolution amending an earlier resolution to reflect changed contractual responsibilities between Cumberland and Salem counties in executing the middle-mile project. The board also adopted a resolution authorizing the county to apply for the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (described in the meeting as the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program) and related resolutions to support the county’s broadband plans.
A commissioner who spoke in favor emphasized that the resolutions “will enable us to go forward with our broadband, middle mile, and last mile projects” and said county staff had worked with partners to remain “on schedule, possibly even under budget” while overcoming previous roadblocks. The board also adopted a resolution authorizing a letter of agreement between the County of Salem and the Communication Workers of America Local 1085.
The resolutions were adopted by motion and roll call as part of the meeting’s grouped items; commissioners did not debate the technical grant language during the meeting. The federal award ID in the record for the transferred middle-mile grant is 34-40-MM414.
