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Lane County says $19.5 million EPA grant for shelter HVAC upgrades terminated; staff to dispute
Summary
County Administrator Mokroyski told the Board of Commissioners that a $19.5 million EPA grant the county had executed in 2024 was terminated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The county drew down $105,000 after a portal briefly opened and plans to file a dispute; county counsel is evaluating legal options.
Lane County officials told the Board of Commissioners on May 6 that a $19,500,000 federal grant awarded and signed in 2024 for HVAC upgrades at local facilities intended to create emergency-shelter capacity has been terminated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"On Friday, May 2... we received a memo that that grant was terminated," County Administrator Mokroyski said. The grant had been designed in partnership with United Way of Lane County and six facility owners — the cities of Florence, Veneta, Cottage Grove, Oakridge, Bethel School District and the Willamette Park District — to retrofit HVAC systems with filtration and backup power to support emergency sheltering.
Mokroyski said the county had a signed grant…
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