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Board accepts $1 million federal grant for lead service line inventory; county share $150,000
Summary
Commissioners approved accepting a $1,000,000 federal grant to complete a lead service line inventory; the county must provide $150,000 in matching or related costs and adopt a resolution to receive the funds.
The Northampton County Board of Commissioners voted to accept a $1,000,000 federal grant to complete a lead service line inventory for county water systems and approved an accompanying resolution, county staff said at the meeting.
County staff described the choice as between using federal grant funds with a county share of $150,000 or funding the full $1,000,000 locally. "We only have to pay back $150,000 and we have to do this as a requirement by the federal government that we do a lead service line inventory of our lines," a county staff member said during the presentation.
Commissioners discussed and then approved a motion to accept the grant and a subsequent motion to adopt the required resolution that accompanies the grant acceptance.
Staff said the inventory will satisfy a federal requirement to document lead service lines; the meeting transcript includes no further detail about the timeline, who will perform the inventory or the grant program name. The board carried both motions.
The county manager said she will present additional budget and solid-waste materials at the next meeting, but staff did not specify a schedule for work under the lead service line grant during the discussion.
