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GrantWorks briefs Jim Wells County on water, drainage and mitigation grants totaling about $19.3 million; GLO flags road funding limits
Summary
GrantWorks presented active and newly awarded grants for water, sewer, drainage and mitigation across precincts, described Federal/State timelines and a General Land Office (GLO) position that will not fund road rebuilding in floodways. Commissioners raised concerns about project manager communication and incomplete scope items.
GrantWorks gave a detailed presentation to the Jim Wells County Commissioners Court on active, newly awarded and soon‑to‑be‑contracted grant projects affecting water, sewer and drainage in multiple precincts. The presenter said the county’s currently active portfolio handled by GrantWorks totals roughly $19,300,000 and includes Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) colonia water‑system grants, multiple Texas General Land Office (GLO) mitigation projects and other state and federal funds.
On TDA projects, GrantWorks highlighted three colonia grants including work at Coyote Acres and McMasters (the presenter described a "Colonial Construction Fund in the amount of a million, 75,000 match") and a reworked Tecolote project where the initial water‑service…
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