Limestone County commissioners listed a grant agreement on their July work-session agenda to accept two 5310 vans from the Alabama Department of Transportation for the county's council on aging and to provide a 20% local match.

The agenda item was read as approval for a grant for “2, 53 10 vans, from ALDOT for the council on agent totaling, dollars 194,736. The commission will contribute 20% of the cost, and that's $38,947.2,” according to the transcript. The chair also noted the county is still waiting for one van from last year's grant and that the delivery timeline has exceeded the originally expected 12 months by approximately four to five months.

Why it matters: Section 5310-type grants (rural and small urban transportation for seniors and people with disabilities) provide vehicles used to transport older residents; the county's 20% match is a budgetary commitment that would affect the council on aging. The transcript does not record a motion, vote, or approval on the grant item in the provided excerpt.

The transcript states the county will contribute 20 percent of the cost and cites a total grant value of $194,736; it also records a delay on delivery from a previous grant: "we're about 16 months, 17 months in until we're still waiting on 1 van from our last grant." The agenda item did not include additional details on delivery timelines, vehicle specifications, or the county's funding source for the match in the provided transcript.