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Linn County commissioners authorize planning push for courthouse rehabilitation, pursue HPF planning grant
Summary
Commissioners agreed to pursue a Historic Preservation Fund planning grant and to seek bids and insurance details as part of a multi-year plan to repair the Linn County courthouse, including immediate action to obtain roofing bids and pursue an engineering plan paid 60% by grant funds and 40% by the county.
Linn County commissioners directed staff to pursue a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) planning grant to develop engineering and design documents for a broader courthouse rehabilitation project, and they asked staff to gather roofing bids and insurance-payment details to move immediate repairs forward.
Sean West, public works, told the board that the HPF planning grant would cover about 60% of a planning-year contract while the county would provide a 40% match. "This grant would allow us to come up with a detailed plan through engineering cost and evaluation to put in the following year for a grant to actually physically do the work," West said. He added that grant awards in similar programs have ranged widely and county staff expect the county portion for a planning grant could be in the low tens of thousands of dollars.
The commissioners discussed separating courthouse capital…
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