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Commissioners approve library broadband expansion application seeking $169,300 more to extend fiber to branches
Summary
Hutchinson County commissioners approved submission of an expansion application that would add $169,300 to an earlier award to bring fiber to three library branches; Region 16 will manage the project and the grant is reimbursement-based, requiring the county to pay up front and seek reimbursement.
Hutchinson County commissioners on a unanimous vote approved submitting an expansion application that would add $169,300 to an earlier broadband grant for the county library system. The funding request, presented by Nancy, a library staff member, would increase a previously awarded $283,000 grant to a total award of $381,182 and is intended to bring fiber service to all three county library branches. Nancy said the per-branch cost…
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