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Holtville hired grant‑writing and lobbying help to seek funds for public safety building
Summary
Council members said the city split a planned public safety building into two phases, has funding for the larger half and has retained a grant‑writing and lobbying firm to pursue money for completing the project.
Holtville City leaders said at the Feb. 13 meeting that the city previously retained a lobbying and grant‑writing firm to help secure funding for a new public safety building across the street from city offices.
Officials described the project as divided into two parts; they said the city currently has sufficient funds to build the larger, more expensive half but is seeking additional funding to complete the entire facility in a single phase. The city hired outside help to pursue grants and other funding sources to allow construction of both halves at once, officials said.
No specific funding sources, grant programs, contract amounts with the lobbying/grant‑writing firm or construction budgets were provided in the meeting record. Officials said staff and the hired firm are actively pursuing grant opportunities and that the goal is to secure money that would allow the project to proceed as a single build rather than in two separate stages.
The item was presented as an update; the council did not vote on new appropriations or enter into new contracts during the meeting minutes recorded in the transcript.
