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Holmes County approves multiple grant applications and resolutions, including FEMA emergency plan
Summary
At its March 12 meeting the Holmes County Board approved a set of resolutions and grant applications: the county's comprehensive emergency management plan, multiple FDOT small-county outreach and SCRAP applications for bridge and road projects, boat-ramp design funding application, and other grant amendments and time extensions.
Holmes County commissioners on Wednesday approved a slate of resolutions and grant-related actions including adoption of the county's comprehensive emergency management plan, FDOT grant applications for bridge and road work, SCRAP applications for County Road 179 phases, and other grant amendments and time extensions.
Key approved items at a glance:
- Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (Resolution 25-07): Commissioners adopted the county's updated emergency-management plan, a multi-year document the state reviews every five years. Staff said the plan was reviewed and approved by the Florida Division of Emergency Management; the board approved county resolution 25-07 to formalize adoption.
- FDOT Small County Outreach Program applications (several resolutions): The board authorized the chairman to apply for FDOT funding for multiple bridge-rehabilitation projects and related supplemental agreements, including applications for Jack Johnson Bridal Road, Adolf Whitaker Road Bridge and County Road 108 (resolution numbers noted in packet). Commissioners approved supplemental agreement changes where DOT provided additional funds for previously bid projects when unanticipated pipe deterioration was discovered during construction.
- SCRAP (Small County Road Assistance Program) applications (resolutions 25-10/25-11 packet items): The board endorsed SCRAP applications for County Road 179 Phase 2 (from File Lane to west of Dover Clark Road, approx. 3 miles) and Phase 3 (approx. 2.8 miles to Anderson Road) as high-priority projects the county will maintain once developed.
- Boat-ramp grant application (Resolution 25-09): The board authorized application to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for design-phase funding for improvements at Cort Harris Landing boat ramp (design-only request this round; construction to follow in a subsequent application if design funding is obtained).
- Resilient Florida grant amendment/time-extension: Planning staff presented a time-extension request for a Resilient Florida grant (no change in award amount) because state reimbursement and documentation delays would otherwise require the county to front large sums. Commissioners approved the extension request.
- 911 grants and vendor change requests: The county's 911 director sought and the board approved change requests for two state grants, including returning unspent year-1 funds and reducing the award amount for another grant to cover a change in vendor cost quotes. The board also gave conditional approval to piggyback on a procurement issued by Alachua County for a replacement vendor for the county's digital 9-1-1 equipment contingent on state funding approval.
All items were moved, seconded and approved by the board during the meeting; individual roll-call tallies were not read into the record in the transcript, which reflects voice votes of "Yes" by commissioners for each motion.
