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Commissioners approve rural infrastructure grant closeout, ask staff to seek financial surety for Project Gantry
Summary
The board voted to close out a rural infrastructure grant tied to the Washington County industrial park and directed staff to pursue financial assurances from Project Gantry after hearing that federal and state grants require job-creation benchmarks that could trigger a clawback.
Washington County commissioners voted to approve final closeout paperwork for a rural infrastructure grant and asked county staff to pursue some form of financial surety from Project Gantry before the county spends large sums on industrial-park infrastructure.
The board approved submission of closeout documents for RIF grant 0239, clearing that award administratively so engineering work and related invoices can proceed. County project lead Melvin said the county also has two larger awards tied to Project Gantry — a State CDBG award of about $3.4 million and an Economic Development Administration award of about $4.9 million — that together fund…
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