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Hill Country Fire Coalition asks Kendall County for $88,000 cost share for federal wildfire‑defense grant
Summary
Representatives of the Hill Country Fire Coalition told Kendall County commissioners they applied for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant and requested the county provide a roughly $88,000 cost share in FY2026 to support a multi‑year program focused on roadside defensible space, community outreach and woody biomass processing.
Representatives of the Hill Country Fire Coalition asked Kendall County commissioners on July 9 to allocate $88,000 as a local cost share to support a federal Community Wildfire Defense Grant application that would expand fuels‑reduction work and build local woody‑biomass processing capacity.
Christy (Hill Country Fire Coalition) told the court the coalition applied for a federal grant that lists total project costs of between $1.5 million and $2.2 million, depending on whether the proposal includes purchase of a grinder/shredder for woody biomass. The federal program requires a local match (25% of total project cost as presented), and the coalition requested that Kendall County cover the county’s share for year‑one activities while the…
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