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Council accepts FEMA-backed grant for Civic Center generator; city to cover 10% local match
Summary
City council approved a subgrant and local match for a 400-kilowatt natural-gas generator for the Rosenberg Civic Center using a FEMA/TDEM Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award; FEMA will fund 90% of the $728,602 project and the city will cover the remaining 10%.
Rosenberg City Council approved a subgrant award and accepted a scope of work that will fund a 400-kilowatt natural-gas backup generator for the Rosenberg Civic Center, with the federal government covering 90% of the $728,602 cost and the city responsible for the remaining 10%.
City staff said the Federal Emergency Management Agency, working through the Texas Division of Emergency Management, notified the city of the subgrant award and that the grant will reimburse the city $655,741.80 of the project’s $728,602 cost; the remaining local share is $72,860.20. City staff also said $36,430.10 in management costs for preparing the grant are covered at 100% by grant funds.
The generator is intended to provide long-term backup power for the Civic Center complex, including air conditioning and…
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