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Franklin County joins multi-county Safe Streets and Roads grant application; hires consultant to prepare submission
Summary
The board approved engaging Kimberly Horn to prepare a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant application to be submitted jointly with seven other counties; county share of the 20% match was estimated at about $100,000.
The Franklin County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with Kimberly Horn to prepare a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) funding application to be submitted jointly with seven other southern counties.
County staff said the collective application packages several contiguous projects into what the consultants described as an approximately $8 million federal grant opportunity; Franklin County’s projects are a smaller portion of the overall application. Staff described the county’s project area as a roughly two-mile stretch that would fund shoulder improvements, grading and related work near city limits and on county roads (examples mentioned included segments near C13 and S25). The application requires a 20% local match; staff estimated Franklin County’s share of that match would be about $100,000.
Board members confirmed the contract scope and the list of participating counties, and approved moving forward with the consultant agreement. The board approved the agreement by voice vote; the transcript does not show a roll-call vote. County staff noted some uncertainty in the draft documents about the exact number of participating counties (the proposal referenced eight total counties in some places and five in others), and members asked that the record reflect the final list in the grant submission.
The contract authorization directs county staff to work with the consultant and partner counties on the grant submission and to provide the required local match if the grant is awarded.
