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Commission approves mayor's authorization to accept state-administered $2.1 million grant and related contracts
Summary
Bradley County commissioners authorized the mayor to accept and sign contracts for portions of a roughly $2.1 million state-administered grant, directing funds toward EMA relocation and housing projects in East Cleveland.
Bradley County commissioners approved two separate resolutions authorizing the county mayor to execute and accept awards and contracts tied to a roughly $2.1 million state-administered federal grant that originated from leftover disaster recovery funding. The mayor said the grant was split into two resolutions so the state would issue contracts promptly to multiple recipients.
The mayor told the commission the two resolutions do not require a county match and are noncompetitive, 100% grant funds. Commissioners voted to approve each resolution individually after a brief procedural question from the county attorney; the first resolution (approximately $225,000 as presented to the commission) passed by roll call; the second (about $1,306,200 as recorded on the agenda) also passed by roll call. The mayor explained that a portion (about $760,000) will be routed to an EMA relocation project and that the remaining $1.3 million will pass through Bradley County to recipients the mayor identified as Salvation Army, City Fields and Habitat for Humanity for housing work in the East Cleveland area when contracts are issued.
The mayor said the passage of both resolutions simply authorizes him to sign the paperwork and to execute contracts when the state sends them; he emphasized there is "no commitment on the county's part" beyond accepting the grant paperwork. County commissioners approved both authorizations by unanimous roll-call votes recorded in the meeting minutes.
County staff did not present detailed grant contracts or schedules at the meeting; the mayor said award contracts would arrive from the state in the near future and that county authority to sign was required to expedite distribution to subrecipients.
